Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
July 19, 1819
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 99
Additional Source Text:
"brought by Lieut. J. H. A. of the U.S.S. Ontari[o]"
Notes:
Onalaska is an Aleutian island in present-day Alaska. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, acquired a number of canoe models in 1899 from the Boston Museum, some of which may have come from the Peale Museum. A representative example is pictured here.
John H. Aulick served on the USS Ontario 1818-1824.
