Kayak model

Museum number:
2-2090
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020002090
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape; 1 mat of slated wood; 1 ivory tipped spear; 1 spear without foreshaft; 4 ivory harpoon rests attached to deck by rawhide thongs. Small hole in bow of kayak is King Island feature, however, all other elements indicate Norton Sound.
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 75 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 200 and fig. 128 for Norton Sound kayaks.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2090, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape; 1 mat of slated wood; 1 ivory tipped spear; 1 spear without foreshaft; 4 ivory harpoon rests attached to deck by rawhide thongs. Small hole in bow of kayak is King Island feature, however, all other elements indicate Norton Sound.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2090, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape; 1 mat of slated wood; 1 ivory tipped spear; 1 spear without foreshaft; 4 ivory harpoon rests attached to deck by rawhide thongs. Small hole in bow of kayak is King Island feature, however, all other elements indicate Norton Sound.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2090, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape; 1 mat of slated wood; 1 ivory tipped spear; 1 spear without foreshaft; 4 ivory harpoon rests attached to deck by rawhide thongs. Small hole in bow of kayak is King Island feature, however, all other elements indicate Norton Sound.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2090, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape; 1 mat of slated wood; 1 ivory tipped spear; 1 spear without foreshaft; 4 ivory harpoon rests attached to deck by rawhide thongs. Small hole in bow of kayak is King Island feature, however, all other elements indicate Norton Sound.

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