Canoe, Dugout

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Canoe, Dugout

Entry/Object ID

143/201

Description

DUGOUT/USED BY CHIEF WICHASTAWASTA, MEMBER OF THE GANG OF SEVEN/MADE IN 1830. ACCORDING TO MARTIN THOMAS. THE TREE WAS YELLOW POPLAR

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Date made

1830

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Minnesota

Culture/Tribe

Ute
Native American

Notes

Filed under Miscellaneous in George index with a note that says it is from Minnesota. The note with the image in the index identifies it as a Ute canoe, but it is unlikely the Ute would have been in Minnesota.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Canoe, Dugout

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Canoe

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Boat

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Watercraft

Nomenclature Class

Water Transportation Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Length

10 ft

Dimension Notes

Length is in feet

Parts

Count

1

Material

Wood, TULIP TREE OR YELLOW POPLAR

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jul 14, 1995

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Chief Wichastawasta

Provenance

Notes

OBTAINED FROM H W PALM; BROWN VALLEY, MINN. IN 1908 HLG LEDGER VOL. 2, pg. 311A