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This Penobscot canoe, held by the Peabody Essex Museum, is one of the oldest birch barks in existence and the oldest canoe in one piece.
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Canoes: A Natural History in North America
by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims
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The canoe first appears in the museum's records as being donated in 1826. It was restored in 1947. The boat is slightly more than 19.5 feet long with a 37-inch beam and, in the estimation of the museum, made from the bark of a single birch tree.
Subjects
History
Cultural Studies
Literature
Native American Studies
Regional Studies
Date
before 1826
Related Section
Sidebar: The Oldest Birch-Bark Canoe
Keywords
restoration
birch bark
John Enys
Content Type
photograph
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Citable Link
Rightsholder
Peabody Essex Museum
Copyright Status
in-copyright
Rights Granted
non-exclusive, world-wide, perpetual, resolution no higher than 150 dpi
Credit Line
Copyright 2006, Peabody Essex Museum. Photograph by Mark Sexton.
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Peabody Essex Museum
File Format
tiff (Tagged Image File Format)
File Size
19.3 MB
Width
720
Height
396
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image/tiff
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2023-03-13T02:34:06Z
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