Tlingit, Haida or Tsimshian (attributed)
Canoe Model
Tlinglit, 1900-1932
Scroll
Tlingit, Haida or Tsimshian (attributed)
Canoe Model
Tlinglit, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, red and black pigments, metal, a(canoe): 52.7 x 15.2 x 12.4; b-d (figures, one with detachable hat): 17 x 7 x 6.5; e-f(paddles): 18.1 x 3.5 and 18.5 x 3.7 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
1992.253a-f
Canoe (a) with 2 detachable seated figures (b-d) and 2 paddles (e-f). Both figures wear hats, one hat is detachable (c-d). Canoe has formline bird head on both sides of prow and stern in red and black pigment.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1992; Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore.
William W. Fitzhugh and Aron Crowell, "Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska," Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988, pp. 156, 170.
"Handbook of the North American Indians," Vol. 7, "Northwest Coast," Wayne Suttles, vol. ed., Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, pp. 9, 26.
"Handbook of the North American Indians," Vol. 7, "Northwest Coast," Wayne Suttles, vol. ed., Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, pp. 9, 26.
Inscribed: None
