David Moses Bridges: Building a Birch-Bark Canoe

April 23, 2015

Award-winning birch-bark artist David Moses Bridges discusses the techniques, tools and traditions he uses, from gathering bark, roots and cedar to constructing and finishing a canoe.

Free
Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 7pm

Peabody Essex Museum
161 Essex Street, Salem MA 01970

www.pem.org/calendar/event/1299-building_a_birch-bark_canoe

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