Model Canoe

About this object

Narrative

Collected by donor's sister while living with her husband, as trappers, in Quatsino Sound from about 1935-1975.

Physical description

Model canoe with two people inside, one seated at stern and one standing at bow. The canoe has decorations in red and black around the edges and diagonally around bow and stern. The figures are painted with black pants, vests, and gloves; their faces are decorated with green lines by eyes. The paddle of the seated figure has a green tip, red on sides of blade, and black at end and grip. The harpoon of the standing man has a red tip and black and green bands at irregular intervals on the shaft.