model;
canoe
- Museum number
- Am,+.756.a
- Description
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Model canoe made of bark.
- Production date
- 19th century
- Dimensions
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Height: 17 centimetres
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Width: 22.50 centimetres
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Depth: 83 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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In set with Am,+.756.b-c
In set with Am,+.757.a
In set with Am,+.757.b
In set with Am,+.758
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Model canoe made from the bark of the southern beech (Nothofagus betuloides) with miniature paddle, woven basket and plaited grass rope. This shows the interior construction consisting of of dozens of carefully shaped ribs.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1997, London, Museum of Mankind, 'Patagonia: The Uttermost End of the Earth'
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Acquisition notes
- From the HMS Challenger oceanographic expedition of 1872-1876.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am,+.756.a
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Am1878C2.756a (old CDMS no.)