Canoe, Dugout

Object Name:

Canoe, Dugout

Object ID:

1994.501

Place of Origin:

Freedom, NH

Date:

1430-1660

Description:

Dugout Canoe. Pine. Tapered bow (?), 7" thick at peak. Walls of body very thin, 0.125" thick at rim. Stern (?) end broken, shape undetermined. Two wedge-shaped nicks present on interior body walls, near bow (?) end. Nicks run 3.25" down from top of wall. Exterior of boat coated, possibly with wax. Radiocarbon sample removed from bow end.
Overall dimensions: 15'4" long, 24" wide, 15" high, 46.5" circumference.

Material:

Wood
Pine

Dimensions:

H-15 W-24 L-184 Cir-46.5 inches

Provenance:

According to handwritten note in accession file, "Dug-out canoe came from Lake Ossipee - was in swamp on East side - probably an Indian canoe. Surnames of men who found canoe: Thompson and Aiken. There were others, also. The canoe was moved for storage to the barn at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, August 1963." Said to have been found in 1840.

Moved from Pierce Homestead to Museum of NH History, 10/19/1994.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Canoes, Native Americans