Lot 30
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A NORTHERN NORTHWEST COAST CANOE MODEL

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A NORTHERN NORTHWEST COAST CANOE MODEL
Of classic canoe form, with extending bow and slanted stern, bow and stern painted in red and black with abstracted totemics faces with large black with abstracted totemic faces with large eye designs and U forms
25½in. (64.2cm.) long

Lot Essay

Many of the Northern canoes were made by the Haida and traded North to the areas that did not have the abundant large trees that are required for vessel manufacture. Haidas were considered the emminent canoe builders of the Northern regions and their vessels well designed, fast and elegant. It is likely that many of the Northern models were made by the Haida as well (Holm, 1996, p. 153).