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Birchbark Model Canoe and Three Dolls with Assorted Equipment

French-Canadian Artistmid 18th century

The Toledo Museum of Art

The Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States

The model canoe is of classic form, with wood sheathing, ribs and crossbars, sewn with split roots and seams sealed with spruce gum, the exterior finely painted, in red, white, and black paint, with curvilinear designs and a series of dots outlining motifs, the male and female doll, each with modelled wax heads, arms and legs, wearing traditional costumes and accessories, the baby, in a fully appointed carrier; together with equipment including: a powder horn, tobaggon, a keg and a snowshoe.

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  • Title: Birchbark Model Canoe and Three Dolls with Assorted Equipment
  • Creator: French-Canadian Artist
  • Date Created: mid 18th century
  • Physical Location: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
  • Location Created: Indigenous Americas
  • Physical Dimensions: A - Male Figure: 9 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 3 in. (24.1 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm) B - Female Figure: 9 × 5 × 2 1/4 in. (22.9 × 12.7 × 5.7 cm) C - Child Bust: 2 × 1 1/8 × 3/4 in. (5.1 × 2.9 × 1.9 cm) D - Cradleboard: 7 × 4 7/8 × 2 1/2 in. (17.8 × 12.4 × 6.4 cm) E - Sled: 8 × 2 1/8 × 2 in. (20.3 × 5.4 × 5.1 cm) F - Snow Shoe: 4 × 2 × 1/4 in. (10.2 × 5.1 × 0.6 cm) G - Beaded Cover: 3 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in. (7.6 × 5.4 × 1 cm) H - Barrel: 1 5/8 × 1 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (4.1 × 2.9 × 3.2 cm) I - Jug: 1 1/2 × 7/8 × 7/8 in. (3.8 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm) J - Twig Bundle: 1 5/8 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (4.1 × 1 × 1 cm) K - Oar 1: 9 1/2 × 3/4 × 1/8 in. (24.1 × 1.9 × 0.3 cm) L - Oar 2: 9 3/8 × 1 × 1/16 in. (23.8 × 2.5 × 0.1 cm) M - Mast: 10 1/2 × 7 1/4 × 1/2 in. (26.7 × 18.4 × 1.3 cm) N - Canoe: 26 5/8 × 7 × 5 5/8 in. (67.6 × 17.8 × 14.3 cm)
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Rights: https://toledomuseum.org/collection/image-resources/
  • External Link: Toledo Museum of Art
  • Medium: Birchbark, pigment, hide, wool, cotton and silk, wax, human hair, metal, glass beads, shell 
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