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FROM CARD: "IN FAIR ORDER. COLLINS (924)."Catalogue card and Collins Ms. p. 924 attribute this canoe model as Nootka. Catalogue card indicates this model was transferred to Ethnology 11/15/1916. From Collins Ms.: "Nootka Dugout Canoe. Used by the Nootka Indians, Vancouver Island. Model: scale 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot. An open, flat bottom, keeless dugout cane; long, sharp, overhanging bow, with pointed projection; flaring sides; long, sharp, nearly vertical stern; straight on top in center, curved strongly upward at bow; knob-like upward projection at stern; painted black; ornamented with red eel. Dimensions of canoe [all dimensions given as if this were full size]: Length 25 feet 4 inches; beam, 6 feet; depth, 2 feet 7 inches."Stern has been damaged and parts are missing.