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postcard, photographic print   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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postcard, photographic print
Description
English: Postcard (black and white and halftone lithographic colour); a carved Haida boat on exhibition in the American Museum of Natural History; mannequins posed in the boat; various display cases and carved totem poles in the background; New York City, New York, USA.
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Depicted people Named in inscription & portrayed: American Museum of Natural History
Date circa 1910
date QS:P571,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 8.80 centimetres
Width: 13.30 centimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Accession number
Am,B59.34
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Context: this postcard portrays the Northwest Coast exhibition at the American Museum of Natureal History in New York City. In the centre is the sixty-three-foot-long canoe, which was built in 1878 by the Haida. The website for the museum has information about this exhibition, and it states;" In this display, created in 1910 by George T. Emmons, who explored the Northwest Coast for the Museum, the Indians are depicted arriving at a potlatch -- a grand ceremonial feast. The two men with long poles at the front, as well as the paddlers on the sides, are captured slaves.

The Haida Canoe was carved from a single piece of wood, the trunk of a large cedar tree. Although the trunk was only eight feet in diameter, the shipwrights softened it with boiling water and widened it to make the canoe eight-and one-half feet wide. The front of the canoe is decorated with a carving of a wolf and a painting of a killer whale. The carved decoration is more typical of the Bella Bella Indians than the Haida, and implies that the canoe was sold to a Bella Bella chief, who added his own embellishments. No matter who is responsible for its individual components, the Haida Canoe is a masterpiece of artistry and virtuoso building, and remains one of the Museum's most popular exhibits." ( , accessed 17/03/10).

The hall that the canoe is in is the Northwest Coast Hall in the American Museum of Natural History, and the museum website states: "The Hall of Northwest Coast Indians, the Museum's oldest hall, showcases the research conducted during the Museum's first major field expedition, the Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), considered one of the most important anthropological field studies ever made. Organized by Museum President Morris K. Jesup and led by Franz Boas (1858-1942), known as the "father of American anthropology," the expedition set out to investigate the cultural and biological links between people living on both sides of the Bering Strait, with the hope of determining whether or not America was first populated by migrations from Asia. The cultures featured in the hall occupy North America's shores from Washington State to southern Alaska. The artifacts, folklore, and artwork displayed document and celebrate the customs and artistry of the Kwakiutl, Haida, Tlingit, Bella Coola, and other peoples. Exhibits include exquisite totem carvings, clothing, tools, and masks." (
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