Kayak model

Museum number:

2-46994a,b

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm210246994a@2cb

Alternate number:

5 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2526

Description:

All accessories to scale. (a) Kayak with ivory paddle rest lashed below manhole. (b) Wood and ivory lance holder, lashed to deck. Made with driftwood, sealskin, and sealskin thongs. Dog sled (2-46995) lashed below kayak.

Donor:

Nelson H.H. Graburn and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Povungnituk, Quebec, Canada

Verbatim coll. place:

Canada; Quebec; Povungnituk

Culture or time period:

Canadian cultures and Inuit

Maker or artist:

Juanasiluk Ivqumiak

Collector:

Nelson H.H. Graburn

Collection date:

June 1968 - July 1968

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:

1969

Context of use:

Used by men in spring, summer, fall for sea hunting, lake and river fishing, transport, etc. Passenger may be on top or inside, men make frame, women sew on skin. Accurate model, all accessories to scale.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

(a)— length 59 centimeters and (b)— length 5 centimeters

Comment:

cf. 2-46991" "cf. 2-47013 for model seal for kayak." Native name: qajak.

Loans:

S1991-1992 #32: The Exploratorium (June 22, 1992–January 11, 1993)

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