Object class: Skin boats / Collector: unknown / 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 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.

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.