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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Passamaquoddy Canoe
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Passamaquoddy Canoe

Object numberMO 1941.7.56
Name Model
Maker (Native American engraver, 1814-1914)
Mediumbirchbark
Dimensionsoverall H 7 in x W 37 in x D 7 3/4 in (17.8 cm x 94 cm x 19.7 cm )
DescriptionA small model of a Native American Passamaquoddy birchbark canoe. The canoe is decorated with designs of trees, animals, people, and tipis cut into the bark.
Label TextThe maker of this model is likely Passamaquoddy artist, Tomah Joseph. Though this model has, at times, been attributed to Edwin Tappan Adney, Ted Behen (who has conducted extensive research on the canoe models created by Joseph and Adney) believes this model is a rare example made by Joseph. The model may have been a gift to Franklin Roosevelt from Gertrude Hall Pelletier of Michigan.
Additional Details
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesShip Models (National Archives Identifier 782457)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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