Kayak model

Museum number:
2-6439
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006439
Alternate number:
x-2632 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
2-hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover with 2 figures wearing cotton shirts and mufflers and sealskin parkas. Full set of 9 spears, wood.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Unalaska, Unalaska Island, Fox Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Unalaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Bone (material), Gut (animal material), Iron (metal), Lead (metal), and Sinew (material)
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:
1904
Context of use:
Made for sale, I should think (fide Lydia Black, 1982)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
48 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney & Chapelle, p. 196, fig. 178 for Unalaska kayak.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6439, described as 2-hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover with 2 figures wearing cotton shirts and mufflers and sealskin parkas. Full set of 9 spears, wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6439, described as 2-hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover with 2 figures wearing cotton shirts and mufflers and sealskin parkas. Full set of 9 spears, wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6439, described as 2-hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover with 2 figures wearing cotton shirts and mufflers and sealskin parkas. Full set of 9 spears, wood.

Tools