Canoe Pole
70-9-789.2
From: United States of America | North Carolina | Cherokee
Curatorial Section: American
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Length | 28 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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