Small Wedge Used In Making Canoes Item Number: E72679-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Originally listed as 3 wedges, but only 1 remains in the collection. SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY [1?] SENT TO AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 1885.Listed on page 49 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".See Cat. 115 p. 193 in Faucourt, Camille. 2020. A La Conquête de l'Ouest : Collectes Amérindiennes de La Smithsonian Institution Conservées Au Musée Du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. Entry is on one wedge, Musee Du Quai Branly Catalog no. 71.1885.78.358, which their records identify as formerly Smithsonian no. E72679.
Item History
- Made in Washington, USA
- Collected in Washington, USA
- Received from James G. Swan on February 12, 1883
What
- Name
- Small Wedge Used In Making Canoes
- Identification Number
- E72679-0
- Type of Item
- wedge
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Received from
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on February 12, 1883
Other
- Accession Number
- 012690