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Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-1674, described as Full sized kayak. Culture Fide John D. Heath as Eskimo of Norton Sound.
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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-5908, described as Ivory model of kayak with hunter.
Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2084, described as Single hatch, in Aleut íqyax’, wood frame, rawhide cover. 4 ivory rests looped through thongs attached to forward deck; 2 bone pieces used to strengthen scarphs in manhole rim; 1 spear thrower, ivory with 2 lines incised and darkened with red paint on one side; 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape with features painted red and feathered tail attached; 1 boat hook with bone spur; 1 mat, slated wood; 2 double bladed paddles; 1 harpoon with ivory foreshaft; 1 spear with metal blade. 1 paddle single blade.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2088, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 4 spear rests, wood painted red attached to foredeck by rawhide thongs. Fixtures include: 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle, blade painted red with light blue band in middle and also at neck of blade, crossbar painted red; 3 harpoons painted red with ivory shaft and points, sinew lines; 1 grass woven mat; 1 spear thrower, wood, with 2 ivory pegs, one side painted red, reverse painted light blue and red.
Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2090, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape; 1 mat of slated wood; 1 ivory tipped spear; 1 spear without foreshaft; 4 ivory harpoon rests attached to deck by rawhide thongs. Small hole in bow of kayak is King Island feature, however, all other elements indicate Norton Sound.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2085, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Small hole in prow is King Island feature but all other aspects indicate Norton Sound. 1 double blade paddle; 2 single blade paddles, 1 with crossbar handle; 1 spearthrower; 1 mat of wood slats; 9 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and barbed points with sinew lashings; 1 float board; 1 wood float in zoomorphic shape with seal whiskers projecting from carved tail end. All fixtures except float have geometric red paint motif.
Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-19144a-h, described as (a) Kayak model. Wood frame, rawhide cover, 4 ivory harpoon rests on deck. (b, c, d, f, g) 5 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and points with rawhide lines attached to deck. (e) 1 spear with ivory point. (h) Model floatboard with harpoon, sealskin float and rawhide line attached.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2073, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Two pieces of bone support the cockpit rim. Fixtures include: 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape with red paint indicating eyes and tail; 1 spear thrower, ivory, on one side two grooves are incised and darkened with red paint, 1 mat of wood slats; 5 harpoons with ivory foreshaft and points with sinew lines; 1 harpoon without foreshaft.

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