Canoe House Model
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Canoe House ModelEntry/Object ID
SP1Description
Model of a Canoe House created by Carrington Lee. Model includes a hut-like structure with a coffin figurine inside, next to an ocean scene and a grassy field. the hut-like structure is made of wooden sticks and pebbles with a coffin figurine made of clay and crystal pieces inside. On the sand, to the left of the hut structure, there is 6 seashells (5 grouped together) and a rock. On the sand, to the right of the hut structure, there is 2 seashells. 1 crab figurine, and a wooden stick. The ocean scene is made up of blue glass sherds. In the ocean there are plastic figurines of a turtle, a jellyfish, and a whale. On the grass field, made of decorative moss, there is 1 plastic tree figurine and 4 little pebbles.Use
Display at Anthropology MuseumContext
Model created for Archaeology Course: Introduction to Archeology, under Professor Dianna Stifter. Prevalent throughout the Mapuche culture in South America, Canoe burials symbolize the deceased's journey to "Nomelafken", the underworld, which translates to "the other side of the sea." The Mapuche people created these canoes through burning the interior of a tree trunk, then chipping away at the burnt sections. This resulted in a burial canoe called "wampo".Collection
El Camino College Anthropology MuseumCategory
Archaeology