Kayak model

Museum number:
2-2089
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020002089
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Wood frame painted red, rawhide cover (I kk/6.00 written on side). 1 double blade paddle; 2 harpoons with rawhide lines, 1 without foreshaft, the other with ivory foreshaft and barbed point; 1 spear thrower; 1 single blade paddle with crossbar handle; 1 wood slated mat. All fixtures have red painted geometric design. 2 small broken pieces--1 probably rear shaft of harpoon and the other a bit of bone.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Norton Sound, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Norton Sound Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
January 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks and Models (concepts)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 66.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 200 and fig. 128 for Norton Sound kayaks.
Loans:
S1970-1971 #142: Compers High School/Bonnie Peterson (June 8, 1971–June 11, 1971)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2089, described as Wood frame painted red, rawhide cover (I kk/6.00 written on side). 1 double blade paddle; 2 harpoons with rawhide lines, 1 without foreshaft, the other with ivory foreshaft and barbed point; 1 spear thrower; 1 single blade paddle with crossbar handle; 1 wood slated mat. All fixtures have red painted geometric design. 2 small broken pieces--1 probably rear shaft of harpoon and the other a bit of bone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2089, described as Wood frame painted red, rawhide cover (I kk/6.00 written on side). 1 double blade paddle; 2 harpoons with rawhide lines, 1 without foreshaft, the other with ivory foreshaft and barbed point; 1 spear thrower; 1 single blade paddle with crossbar handle; 1 wood slated mat. All fixtures have red painted geometric design. 2 small broken pieces--1 probably rear shaft of harpoon and the other a bit of bone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2089, described as Wood frame painted red, rawhide cover (I kk/6.00 written on side). 1 double blade paddle; 2 harpoons with rawhide lines, 1 without foreshaft, the other with ivory foreshaft and barbed point; 1 spear thrower; 1 single blade paddle with crossbar handle; 1 wood slated mat. All fixtures have red painted geometric design. 2 small broken pieces--1 probably rear shaft of harpoon and the other a bit of bone.

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