Kayak model

Museum number:
2-6437a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026437a@2dc
Alternate number:
x-2630 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
2 hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. One wooden figure of Eskimo wearing sealskin parka (very deteriorated condition) over cotton shirt and wearing wooden hat painted red. Second figure is missing. Fixtures include 2 spears, 1 paddle, short dart, painted red and black and attached to kayak.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Skin (collagenous 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:
for sale
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 68 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Collins, H.B. for Kodiak Island hat and Kayak, fig. 68, p. 54.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6437a-c, described as 2 hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. One wooden figure of Eskimo wearing sealskin parka (very deteriorated condition) over cotton shirt and wearing wooden hat painted red. Second figure is missing. Fixtures include 2 spears, 1 paddle, short dart, painted red and black and attached to kayak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6437a-c, described as 2 hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. One wooden figure of Eskimo wearing sealskin parka (very deteriorated condition) over cotton shirt and wearing wooden hat painted red. Second figure is missing. Fixtures include 2 spears, 1 paddle, short dart, painted red and black and attached to kayak.

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