Kayak model

Museum number:
2-2080
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 double bladed paddle, blades painted red; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle, blade painted red with red bands on shaft; 4 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and barbed points and sinew lines, 2 red bands on shafts; on foredeck of kayak are 4 bone harpoon rests attached by rawhide thongs.
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:
ca. 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 71.7 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 198, fig. 182 for Norton Sound kayaks.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2080, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 double bladed paddle, blades painted red; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle, blade painted red with red bands on shaft; 4 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and barbed points and sinew lines, 2 red bands on shafts; on foredeck of kayak are 4 bone harpoon rests attached by rawhide thongs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2080, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 double bladed paddle, blades painted red; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle, blade painted red with red bands on shaft; 4 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and barbed points and sinew lines, 2 red bands on shafts; on foredeck of kayak are 4 bone harpoon rests attached by rawhide thongs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2080, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 double bladed paddle, blades painted red; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle, blade painted red with red bands on shaft; 4 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and barbed points and sinew lines, 2 red bands on shafts; on foredeck of kayak are 4 bone harpoon rests attached by rawhide thongs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2080, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 1 double bladed paddle, blades painted red; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle, blade painted red with red bands on shaft; 4 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and barbed points and sinew lines, 2 red bands on shafts; on foredeck of kayak are 4 bone harpoon rests attached by rawhide thongs.

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