Dugout Canoe Model With Two Figures (Gudiye) Item Number: E16274-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "MODEL CARVED FROM ONE PIECE OF WOOD, WITH TWO THWARTS, WHICH ORIGINALLY HAD FIGURES SITTING ON THEM BUT WHICH WERE NOT PRESENT IN 1963-R. ELDER. ORIGINALLY HAD WHITE PAINT OUTSIDE AND RED INSIDE BUT MOST OF IT HAS COME OFF. ON THE PROW END THERE IS A HEAVY WOODEN EXTENSION FOR BREAKING THE WAY THROUGH ICE. THOUGH ORIGINAL CARD SAID WAS "BADLY DAMAGED", AS A WHOLE THERE IS NO DAMAGE (EXCEPT PAINT LOSS AND THE MISLAYING OF THE FIGURES) NOV. 1963. R. ELDER."
Item History
- Made in Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. William H. Dall in Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
- Received from U.S. Coast Survey during 1874
What
- Name
- Dugout Canoe Model With Two Figures (Gudiye)
- Identification Number
- E16274-0
- Type of Item
- canoe model and figure
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Yakutat
- Field Collector
- Dr. William H. Dall
- Received from
- U.S. Coast Survey
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1874
Other
- Accession Number
- 003195