Kayak model

Museum number:
2-5910a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21025910a@2dc
Alternate number:
x-2103 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
(a,b) 2 single hatch kayaks, each with hunter in cockpit wearing hat, hands perforated to hold paddles, both mounted side-by-side on (c) bone slab. Kayaks are walrus ivory.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Koniag
Collector:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks and Models (concepts)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 13.7 centimeters and (b)— length 14.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney & Chapelle, p. 196, fig. 177 for Kodiak Is. kayak.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-5910a-c, described as (a,b) 2 single hatch kayaks, each with hunter in cockpit wearing hat, hands perforated to hold paddles, both mounted side-by-side on (c) bone slab. Kayaks are walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-5910a-c, described as (a,b) 2 single hatch kayaks, each with hunter in cockpit wearing hat, hands perforated to hold paddles, both mounted side-by-side on (c) bone slab. Kayaks are walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-5910a-c, described as (a,b) 2 single hatch kayaks, each with hunter in cockpit wearing hat, hands perforated to hold paddles, both mounted side-by-side on (c) bone slab. Kayaks are walrus ivory.

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