Kayak model

Museum number:
2-2073
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Two pieces of bone support the cockpit rim. Fixtures include: 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape with red paint indicating eyes and tail; 1 spear thrower, ivory, on one side two grooves are incised and darkened with red paint, 1 mat of wood slats; 5 harpoons with ivory foreshaft and points with sinew lines; 1 harpoon without foreshaft.
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 65 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 200, and fig. 182 for Norton Sound kayaks.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2073, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Two pieces of bone support the cockpit rim. Fixtures include: 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape with red paint indicating eyes and tail; 1 spear thrower, ivory, on one side two grooves are incised and darkened with red paint, 1 mat of wood slats; 5 harpoons with ivory foreshaft and points with sinew lines; 1 harpoon without foreshaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2073, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Two pieces of bone support the cockpit rim. Fixtures include: 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape with red paint indicating eyes and tail; 1 spear thrower, ivory, on one side two grooves are incised and darkened with red paint, 1 mat of wood slats; 5 harpoons with ivory foreshaft and points with sinew lines; 1 harpoon without foreshaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2073, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Two pieces of bone support the cockpit rim. Fixtures include: 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape with red paint indicating eyes and tail; 1 spear thrower, ivory, on one side two grooves are incised and darkened with red paint, 1 mat of wood slats; 5 harpoons with ivory foreshaft and points with sinew lines; 1 harpoon without foreshaft.

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