Canoe part
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRESENTATION PIECE
- DATE
- 1990
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0384.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GILLESSE, PHILIP
- MODEL
- HERALD PATENT
- LOCATION
- Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ COPPER NAILS, BRASS SCREWS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 84.0 cm
- Width
- 35.5 cm
- Height
- 36.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GILLESSE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Amherst Island
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1990'S
- Canada
-
DEMONSTRATES THE 'HERALD PATENT' METHOD OF CANOE CONSTRUCTION. DANIEL HERALD, ITS DESIGNER, WAS AN EARLY ONTARIO BUILDER OF THE "CANADIAN CANOE". HE FOUNDED, IN 1862, A BOAT BUILDING BUSINESS WHICH ULTIMATELY BECAME THE RICE LAKE CANOE CO. - Function
-
USED TO DEMONSTRATE THE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE OF A CANOE BUILT ON THE HERALD PATENT MOULD - IT SHOWS PROFILED GUNWALES, BOWED-DOWN THWART AND FINELY EXECUTED THWART BLOCKS. - Technical
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DANIEL HERALD DEVELOPED A TECHNIQUE OF DOUBLE-SKIN CONSTRUCTION IN CANOE BUILDING, IN WHICH THE PATENT MOULD WAS THE KEY. THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WAS VALUED FOR ITSEXCEPTIONAL STRENGTH & THE RESULTING SMOOTH INNER SKIN. THIS PRESENTATION PIECE DEMONSTRATES THE ABOVE [REF 2]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- HANDWRITTEN ON BOTTOM NEAR KEELSON: 'To Roger,/ Thanks for the support and/ encouragement over the years./ Philip'
- Missing
- From CA of 09/18/1997 by Carrie Misener: No - Complete
- Finish
- VARNISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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GILLESSE, PHILIP, Canoe part, 1990, Artifact no. 1994.0384, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0384.001/
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