Kayak model

Museum number:
2-6440
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2633 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wood frame, rawhide covered. Carved wood figure of Eskimo in manhole wearing hooded sealskin parka with red paint used to decorate the seams.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Point Barrow Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Gut (animal material) and Skin (collagenous material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks and Models (concepts)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing, 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 62 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: 50/50 and ethanol applied to inner skirt of parka for flexibility. References: cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 200-1, fig. 187, for Point Barrow Kayak.
Loans:
S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6440, described as Wood frame, rawhide covered. Carved wood figure of Eskimo in manhole wearing hooded sealskin parka with red paint used to decorate the seams.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6440, described as Wood frame, rawhide covered. Carved wood figure of Eskimo in manhole wearing hooded sealskin parka with red paint used to decorate the seams.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6440, described as Wood frame, rawhide covered. Carved wood figure of Eskimo in manhole wearing hooded sealskin parka with red paint used to decorate the seams.

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