Kayak model

Museum number:
2-2088
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 4 spear rests, wood painted red attached to foredeck by rawhide thongs. Fixtures include: 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle, blade painted red with light blue band in middle and also at neck of blade, crossbar painted red; 3 harpoons painted red with ivory shaft and points, sinew lines; 1 grass woven mat; 1 spear thrower, wood, with 2 ivory pegs, one side painted red, reverse painted light blue and red.
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 60 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson, p. 154, fig. 43 for spear thrower with ivory pegs. cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 200 and fig. 128 for Norton Sound kayaks.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #44: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (December 30, 1964–March 4, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2088, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 4 spear rests, wood painted red attached to foredeck by rawhide thongs. Fixtures include: 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle, blade painted red with light blue band in middle and also at neck of blade, crossbar painted red; 3 harpoons painted red with ivory shaft and points, sinew lines; 1 grass woven mat; 1 spear thrower, wood, with 2 ivory pegs, one side painted red, reverse painted light blue and red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2088, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 4 spear rests, wood painted red attached to foredeck by rawhide thongs. Fixtures include: 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle, blade painted red with light blue band in middle and also at neck of blade, crossbar painted red; 3 harpoons painted red with ivory shaft and points, sinew lines; 1 grass woven mat; 1 spear thrower, wood, with 2 ivory pegs, one side painted red, reverse painted light blue and red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2088, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 4 spear rests, wood painted red attached to foredeck by rawhide thongs. Fixtures include: 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle, blade painted red with light blue band in middle and also at neck of blade, crossbar painted red; 3 harpoons painted red with ivory shaft and points, sinew lines; 1 grass woven mat; 1 spear thrower, wood, with 2 ivory pegs, one side painted red, reverse painted light blue and red.

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