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CAS 0059-0001A-L   CAS 0059-0001A-L; Canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Canoe model
Culture Filipino
Global Region Southeast Asia
Country Philippines
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1900
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Cloth
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = ca. 120.0, Width = 88.9, Length = 129.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0117-0001   CAS 0117-0001; Canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Canoe model
Culture Green River
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 16.5, Width = 16.6, Length = 61.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0149-0019   CAS 0149-0019; Canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Canoe model
Culture Northwest Coast Indian
Global Region North America
Country Canada, USA
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia; Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data Northwest Coast
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. late 1800s to early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) (?) wood; Metal screws
Description Model of dugout canoe, carved from single piece of wood; Hull is flat-bottomed and sides flare out, tapering at both ends; Squared off bow rises slightly above sides of canoe; Prow is especially elongated and rises to maximum height of canoe, ending in a hook-like projection; Model is completely undecorated, and is mounted on two wooden supports by means of metal screws; 3 holes in floor of hull are possibly result of previous display.
Dimensions (cm) Height = ca. 22.5, Width = 27.7, Length = 103.2

Catalog Number CAS 0270-0001   CAS 0270-0001; Canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Canoe model
Culture Polynesian: Marquesan
Global Region Oceania
Country Marquesas Islands
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.1, Width = 6.7, Length = 74.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0149-0013A,B   CAS 0149-0013A,B; Canoe model with oar / paddle
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Canoe model with oar / paddle
Culture Tlingit
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data Southeast Alaska
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early to mid 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) wood; Paint
Description A: Miniature model of dugout canoe, with three canoe spreader bars inside hull; Prow and stern are similarly constructed, but prow rises slightly higher and has small keel at base; Sides of hull are painted with stylized animal faces in black, red, and green; B: Miniature model of single-bladed canoe paddle, with leaf-shaped distal end painted with stylized animal face in red, black and green; Short undecorated handle expands at its proximal end.
Dimensions (cm) Height = A=10.2, Width = A=10.2; B=2.4, Thickness = B=0.5, Length = A=44.2; B=15.8

Catalog Number

CAS 2014-0001-0067   CAS 2014-0001-0067; Canoe oar / paddle
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Canoe oar / paddle
Culture Melanesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. Milne Bay Province: Massim District (?)
County
Other Geographic Data Trobriand Islands (?)
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1994
Collection Name N/A
Materials Sago palm wood
Description Canoe paddle carved from single piece of sago palm wood; Cylindrical handle accounts for slightly less than half the total length and is undecorated except for proximal end which has a circular perforation and several lateral notches; Distal end of handle greatly expands in width to form the relatively flat, leaf-shaped blade of the paddle, which is carved on both faces in low relief with a face, accentuated by numerous geometric shapes above and below the face.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 10.7, Thickness = 3.0, Length = 132.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0519   CAS 0370-0519; Canoe oar / paddle model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Canoe oar / paddle model
Culture Haida (?)
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia
County
Other Geographic Data Northwest Coast
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Wood; Paint
Description Model of canoe paddle with wide, spatulate blade that tapers to a blunt point on distal end and tapers more gradually at proximal end, gradually blending into the extended handle which terminates at its proximal end in a short cylinder that is perpendicular to the handle; Blade of paddle is painted black and decorated on each face with pair of red lines that are painted across the width of the blade at its widest point.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.4, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 17.8

Catalog Number

CAS 2003-0008-0025   CAS 2003-0008-0025; Canoe oar / paddle model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Canoe oar / paddle model
Culture Northwest Coast Indian
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early to mid 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) wood; Paint
Description Model canoe oar in typical elongated flattened shape with tapered, spatulate paddle at distal end, with constricted, compressed cylindrical handle at proximal end; "Paddle" portion is painted on each face in formline technique with nearly identical design of a whale in red, blue, and black; Instead of being a mirror image, the "eye" of the whale image on one face is turned upside down in relation to the image on the first face, i.e., the image is identical when the oar is rotated vertically; Handle portion of oar is undecorated.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.3, Thickness = 2.3, Length = 71.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2003-0008-0026   CAS 2003-0008-0026; Canoe oar / paddle model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Canoe oar / paddle model
Culture Northwest Coast Indian
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early to mid 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) wood; Paint
Description Model canoe oar in typical elongated flattened shape with tapered, spatulate paddle at distal end, with constricted, compressed cylindrical handle at proximal end; "Paddle " portion is painted on each face in formline technique with identical design of a whale in red, blue, and black; The two images are mirror images of each other; Handle portion of oar is undecorated.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.0, Thickness = 1.6, Length = 75.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0425-0192   CAS 0425-0192; Canoe prow
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Canoe prow
Culture Yurok
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Humboldt, Del Norte
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood: redwood
Description Decorative piece placed atop dugout canoe prow, carved from single piece of redwood; Overall upward-pointing V-shape is truncated at top; Ends both expand in width and are turned up slightly; Lower edge on front is carved lower than upper edge, giving the appearance of a second piece of wood atop the first; Reverse side of carving is completely smooth; Traces of black paint remain on surface overall.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 44.5, Width = 117.5, Thickness = 11.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0481-0004   CAS 0481-0004; Outrigger canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Outrigger canoe model
Culture Melanesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Southeastern Coast at Milne Bay
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood: balsa; Bamboo; String
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.5, Width = 5.8, Length = 46.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0481-0005   CAS 0481-0005; Outrigger canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Outrigger canoe model
Culture Melanesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Southeastern Coast at Milne Bay
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood: balsa; Bamboo; String
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.0, Width = 4.8, Length = 51.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0537-0006   CAS 0537-0006; Outrigger canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Outrigger canoe model
Culture Melanesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Solomon Islands
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Bamboo; Twine
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 8.5, Width = 24.1, Length = 111.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1984-0008-0249A-E   CAS 1984-0008-0249A-E; Outrigger canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Outrigger canoe model
Culture Melanesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Solomon Islands
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific)
Materials Wood; String
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.7, Width = 3.4, Length = 48.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0477-0058A,B   CAS 0477-0058A,B; Outrigger canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Outrigger canoe model
Culture Micronesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Federated States of Micronesia
State/Prov./Dist. Pohnpei (Ponape)
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Pohnpei (Ponape), Eastern Caroline Islands
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1977
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Coconut fiber rope; Bamboo; Glue; Stain; Hibiscus fibers
Description Large model of outrigger canoe consisting of hand carved one-piece dugout canoe with straight keel and identically tapered prow and stern, fitted with single outrigger lashed to canoe with elaborate series of poles and coconut fiber cordage; Various components are either pegged, tied, or glued together; Outrigger also includes a bamboo platform bridge; Most parts of the canoe and outrigger are stained a rust brown color; Also lashed to the outrigger frame with coconut fiber rope and hibiscus fibers are two single-blade oars, each with a leaf-shaped blade and extended handle; Neither oar is painted or decoratively stained.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 17.3, Width = 40.4, Length = 119.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0477-0055A-C   CAS 0477-0055A-C; Outrigger canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Outrigger canoe model
Culture Micronesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Federated States of Micronesia
State/Prov./Dist. Pohnpei (Ponape)
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Pohnpei (Ponape); Village: Dolonier, Eastern Caroline Islands
Maker's Name John Uwashin
Date of Manufacture 1977
Collection Name N/A
Materials Hibiscus wood; Bamboo; Coconut sennit rope
Description A: Model of outrigger canoe consisting of hand carved one-piece dugout canoe with straight keel and identically tapered prow and stern, fitted with single outrigger lashed to canoe with series of poles and coconut fiber cordage; Various components are either pegged or tied together; Also lashed to the outrigger frame are three single-blade oars, each with a leaf-shaped blade and extended handle; B: Inside the canoe is a canoe bailer, carved from a separate piece of wood; Neither the canoe nor any of its tools are painted or decorated.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 9.7, Width = 19.4, Length = 52.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0477-0056A-C   CAS 0477-0056A-C; Outrigger canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Outrigger canoe model
Culture Micronesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Federated States of Micronesia
State/Prov./Dist. Pohnpei (Ponape)
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Pohnpei (Ponape); Village: Dolonier, Eastern Caroline Islands
Maker's Name John Uwashin
Date of Manufacture 1977
Collection Name N/A
Materials Hibiscus wood; Bamboo; Coconut sennit rope
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.0, Width = 18.8, Length = 49.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0149-0020   CAS 0149-0020; Outrigger canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Outrigger canoe model
Culture Polynesian: Samoan
Global Region Oceania
Country Samoa
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Cordage
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 8.0, Width = 4.8, Length = 31.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1991-0011-0012   CAS 1991-0011-0012; Outrigger canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Outrigger canoe model
Culture Polynesian: Samoan
Global Region Oceania
Country Samoa
State/Prov./Dist. American Samoa
County
Other Geographic Data Apia
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Coconut fiber
Description Model dugout canoe with deck planks at ends, two paddles, and outrigger, all attached with coconut fiber rope; Canoe is undecorated.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 3.9, Width = 12.2, Length = 40.7

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0003-0019   CAS 2006-0003-0019; Outrigger canoe model
Category Carvings; Watercraft
Object Name Outrigger canoe model
Culture Polynesian: Tongan
Global Region Oceania
Country Tonga
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1973
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Plant fiber
Description Model of a single outrigger canoe, carved and assembled from pieces of lightweight, unpainted wood; Long narrow canoe has a shallow interior and is perfectly flat along the gunwales from bow to stern; The underside of the bow rises gently from the keel and has a small notched projection on the underside near its tip; The underside of the projecting stern rises sharply up from the keel and then gradually points upward and outward; The outer edges of both the bow and the stern are carved with a series of notches; The single outrigger and pontoon is positioned on the starboard side and secured to the canoe with two crossbeams that are lashed to the canoe with sisal string that is looped through two pairs of holes that have been burned through the upper sides of the canoe; Also lashed to the crossbeams are two carved oars or paddles.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 4.7, Width = 13.7, Length = 38.1
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