Model Canoe Representing Chief's Canoe in War of 1812
Description
- Creator
- Jean-Baptiste Assiginack (1768-1866), Artist
- Media Type
- Image
- Object
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Image of a model representing a Chief's Canoe in War of 1812, created by Jean-Baptiste Assiginack, an Odawa chief, who was a veteran of the War of 1812. After the war, he worked as a translator for the Indian Department and was an influential voice for his people in their alliance with the Crown. Birchbark, paint, cloth, feathers.
- Date of Original
- c. 1820
- Dimensions
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Height: 94 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 1024cm
Image Height: 420cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- SNPL000001V00I
- Collection
- SIx Nations Legacy Consortium Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses are subject to the terms of a contract. Contact the repository for further information. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, [CU: AH_0203_017_7]
- Contact
- Six Nations Public LibraryEmail:info@snpl.ca
Website:
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