11. These Aboriginal people followed migratory lifestyles in the rainforest and traversed rivers in string-bark canoes . 12. They cultivated mandioc, and make pottery and bark canoes . 13. Large bark canoes provided transportation across the waterways. 14. Aboriginal canoes were constructed much more easily than previous types of vessels, such as bark canoes . 15. The sculpture celebrates the birch bark canoe as the origin of the maritime tradition in this region. 16. Murray cod and shellfish were gathered for food and bark canoes were used for travel along the rivers. 17. Along with bark canoe and hide kayak, dugout boats were also used by indigenous peoples of the Americas. 18. Anna bought a 15-inch birch bark canoe made by a native artisan, which she carefully packed for home. 19. Birch was very rare, if present at all, and if birch bark canoes were on Nantucket, they were imported. 20. It is just a few feet away from an exceptionally rare, mint condition birch bark canoe a century old.
