Kayak frame with sail and incomplete cover. Main framework is planed wood with ribs of branches, lashed together wit cord, all painted red. Sail is canvas, attached with cord to round wooden pieces top and bottom, small hole/opening near top. A-frame, 509.5 centimeters long, B-sail 80 centimeters long, width of bottom is 80 centimeters and the top is 45 centimeters. C-cover rolled with circumference of 62.5 centimeters. Skin is probably sea lion per Jacob Stepetin.
Donor:
Margaret Lantis
Collection place:
Atka Island, Andreanof Islands, Central Aleutians
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Atka Island
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Margaret Lantis
Collection date:
1934
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks
Accession date:
1934
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1983-1984 #52: Oakland Museum of California (May 9, 1984–September 7, 1984)