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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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Birch Bark Box
Anishinaabe (eastern Ojibwa)
1847-1854
Box
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
1847-1854
Canoe Model
Anishinaabe (eastern Ojibwa) or Odawa
1847-1854
Baskets
Innu (Montagnais)
c. 1848
Belt
Manitoba Ojibwa
c. 1800
Pouch
Odawa or cultural relatives
c. 1780
Canoe Model
Mary Kooyik (Mani Kueyik)
1847-1854
Case
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1870
Mat
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1870
Mat
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
c. 1870
Basket
Odawa
1847-1854
Cap
Hupa or Karuk
c. 1900

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