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This canoe model, created by a Haida, Tlingit, or Tsimshian artist, exhibits the same technique, form, design, and painting used for large-scale canoes. Carved from a single log, the model has the central characteristic U-shape of larger canoes and the narrowing ends typical of head canoes, known as long tails by the Tlingit. The abstract, ovoid shapes represent different kinds of animals in green, red, and black pigment and follow the natural contours of the canoe. Canoe models were often made for some of the earliest non-Native travelers to the Northwest, and were carved by the same master artists who crafted large-scale canoes and lived in Haida and Tlingit communities.
