Canoe Pole
| Object Number: | 70-9-789.2 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cherokee Eastern Band |
| Provenience: | United States of America North Carolina Cherokee |
| Culture Area: | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wood |
| Length: | 28 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Description
Softwood (buckeye or poplar?) canoe model (.1); flat bottom tapering at both bow and stern (stern squared off, bow tapers to point); hollowed out interior squared off at stern and rounded off at bow; seat attached 2/3rds back from bow. Model of pole (.2) is separate. In pencil on one side of canoe near bow is written "Cherokee, N.C."
Condition: Good. Sent to Registrars for freezing 3/91.
Bibliography:
| [Other] Wm. D. Morley, Inc. Inventory and Appraisement - Personal Property - The Estate of Samuel W. Pennypacker, 2nd, Dec'd. - Haldeman Road Schwenksville, RD 1 Penna. October 15, 1968.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 28 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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