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Canoe Model

Date1847-1854
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 19 in. (8.3 × 9.5 × 48.3 cm)
Object numberT0295
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
ProvenanceBelieved to have been given as a presentation piece to James Bruce, the 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, governor-general of Canada during his residency 1847-1854; descended in the Elgin family to the 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, Dunfermline, Scotland
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.86.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 98.
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Box
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
1847-1854
Birch Bark Box
Anishinaabe (eastern Ojibwa)
1847-1854
Baskets
Innu (Montagnais)
c. 1848
Canoe Model
Anishinaabe (eastern Ojibwa) or Odawa
1847-1854
Belt
Manitoba Ojibwa
c. 1800
Case
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1870
Mat
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1870
Mat
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1870
Pouch
Odawa or cultural relatives
c. 1780
Canoe Model
Mary Kooyik (Mani Kueyik)
1847-1854
Basket
Odawa
1847-1854
Cap
Hupa or Karuk
c. 1900

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