Kayak model

Museum number:
2-6425a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026425a@2dc
Alternate number:
x-2618 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
(a) Kayak-form birchbark canoe model with (b) figure wearing sealskin coat with hood, hair is animal fur; figure holds (c) paddle with crossbar handle end and blade has raised, carved ridge in center, half painted black.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
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
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 97 centimeters and length 25 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 159, fig. 147.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6425a-c, described as (a) Kayak-form birchbark canoe model with (b) figure wearing sealskin coat with hood, hair is animal fur; figure holds (c) paddle with crossbar handle end and blade has raised, carved ridge in center, half painted black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6425a-c, described as (a) Kayak-form birchbark canoe model with (b) figure wearing sealskin coat with hood, hair is animal fur; figure holds (c) paddle with crossbar handle end and blade has raised, carved ridge in center, half painted black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6425a-c, described as (a) Kayak-form birchbark canoe model with (b) figure wearing sealskin coat with hood, hair is animal fur; figure holds (c) paddle with crossbar handle end and blade has raised, carved ridge in center, half painted black.

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