Object class: Kayaks / Donor: Older University Collections / Culture or time period: Arctic cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-6349, described as Kayak. Distribution of this style of kayak: from Point Barrrow south to Kotzebue Sound. Point Barrow attributed; refer Adney and Chapelle: The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America; Smithsonian Institution 1964, figures 187-190. Identified by John D. Heath (1965) as Kotzebue Sound type. one-hatch; wood frame covered with skin.

Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-6348, described as Kayak made of skin. One hatch, wooden frame covered with skin; small hole in stern.

Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-9202, described as Made of skin. Iron projectile point (2-41064) found under wood plate on left side of cockpit 5-26-67.

Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-4565, described as 2-hatch. Wood frame, rawhide cover decorated with bright red and blue paint with 2 human figures wearing sealskin parkas decorated with bright red and blue paint along seams and wearing hats with geometric linear designs in bright red and blue paint with seal whiskers. 6 fixtures include weapons and paddles. wood covered with gut, painted white & on gunwale blue & red; with a paddler at rear and hunter in front. Figures wearing conical hats and waterproof parka & aprons. Hands made of iron wires. Weapon, paddle, and weapon guard on deck.

Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-5909, described as Toy kayak model with hunter in cockpit. Bow in hunter's left arm. Kayak is walrus ivory. Sinew bowstring. Kayak is Nunivak Island type.

Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-4564, described as Kayak model with two manholes; wooden frame (painted red) covered with gut skin; manned with two men; their hats are missing; on the deck, weapons, paddles & rails. The men wear waterproof parkas and kayak-aprons.