Kayak model

Museum number:
2-19144a-h
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210219144a@2dh
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
(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.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Norton Sound Eskimo
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
1885
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks and Models (concepts)
Function:
1.4 Transportation and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 80 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 198, fig. 182 for Norton Sound Kayak.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #44: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis)/Alan Coult (February 16, 1962–March 13, 1962)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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