Birch Bark Canoe
Louis Gill, Abenaki (Abnaki) / Canadian, 1856 - 1923, Abenaki (Abnaki), Wabanaki, First Nation, Northeast Woodlands, Woodlands
early 20th century
Birch bark and wood
Overall: 168 1/2 × 32 5/16 × 12 5/8 in. (428 × 82 × 32 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Sinclair Weeks
162.27.14802
Geography/Culture
North America, Canada
Period
20th century
Object Name
Transportation: Water
Classification
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Publication History
John R. Stomberg, The Hood Now: Art and Inquiry at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019, p. 135, ill. plate no. 66.
Provenance
Made by Louis Gill, St. Francis for the Batchelder Club, Shawinigan, P.Q,; sold to Sinclair Weeks, Lancaster, New Hampshire; given to present collecction, 1962.
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