Painting
Melting the Pitch
| An Ojibwa man and woman melt pitch in a pot over an open fire in a forest. The pitch will be used to seal a canoe that they're making. |
| Image ID: | 114404 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Whitebird, Peter |
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| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Peter Whitebird paintings of Ojibway canoe construction, circa 1936-1940 |
| Genre: | Painting |
| Original Format Type: | paintings |
| Original Format Number: | PH 4954.21 (3) Box 2 |
| Original Dimensions: | 12 x 16 inches |
| A series of 24 oil on canvasboard paintings by Peter Whitebird during the Chippewa Indian Historical Project by St. Mary’s Indian School, Odanah, Wisconsin, on the Bad River Reservation, from a series of photographs taken by George L. Waite, circa 1927. The paintings depict a Chippewa man and woman constructing a birchbark canoe, showing successive steps, from tree chopping to first trial float. |
| Forests and forestry |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Dresses |
| Hats |
| Ojibwe people |
| Building materials |
| Men |
| Women |
| Campfires |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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