Canoe Model with painted designs
Dateca. 1900
Maker
Makah
Label TextHewn from a single cedar log, canoes were the primary mode of transportation across the waters of the Puget Sound for centuries-and in the words of a contemporary Native elder, "the Cadillacs of our ancestors"-conveying families to summer food harvesting camps and to clan gatherings, crews on whale hunts and warriors to battle. The earliest current evidence of model canoes on the Northwest Coast comes from the Ozette archaeological site on the Washington coast south of Cape Flattery.
Object number91.24
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The View From Here: The Pacific Northwest 1800-1930, August 8, 2003 - February 29, 2004Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund
Dimensions4 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (11.43 x 12.07 cm)
L.: 16 in.
MediumAlder wood and paint
log in
