canoe cup
Report a Mistake- Date Made 1800-1825
- Event --
- Affiliation French Canadian
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Cinqmars, Antoine
- Object Number 79-1671
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec
- Category Distribution and transportation artifacts
- Sub-category Water transportation accessory
- Department Folklore
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1800/01/01
- Latest 1825/12/31
- Inscription (outer rim) [possibly reading] Antoine Cinqmars
- Materials Cherry
- Measurements Height 3.9 cm, Length 19.7 cm, Width 8.2 cm
- Caption Canoe Cup, Eastern Canada, early 19th century
- Additional Information Voyageurs and hunters travelling by canoe sometimes carried cups carved from the burls of tree trunks. These were profusely decorated with incised motifs, such as a four-leaf clover, a basket of flowers, a beaver, a snake, a mermaid and fish, a boat, or hearts. The small barrel attached to the cup with string serves as a toggle for hanging the cup from the belt. On the outer rim of this cup is an inscription, possibly reading "Antoine Cinqmars."