Kayak model

Museum number:
2-2085
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020002085
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Small hole in prow is King Island feature but all other aspects indicate Norton Sound. 1 double blade paddle; 2 single blade paddles, 1 with crossbar handle; 1 spearthrower; 1 mat of wood slats; 9 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and barbed points with sinew lashings; 1 float board; 1 wood float in zoomorphic shape with seal whiskers projecting from carved tail end. All fixtures except float have geometric red paint motif.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Norton Sound, Nome Borough, Alaska
Culture or time period:
Norton Sound Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
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 72 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #1: Heard Museum (July 10, 1961–February 16, 1962) and S1981-1982 #65: Artrain (July 30, 1982–December 14, 1983)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2085, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Small hole in prow is King Island feature but all other aspects indicate Norton Sound. 1 double blade paddle; 2 single blade paddles, 1 with crossbar handle; 1 spearthrower; 1 mat of wood slats; 9 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and barbed points with sinew lashings; 1 float board; 1 wood float in zoomorphic shape with seal whiskers projecting from carved tail end. All fixtures except float have geometric red paint motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2085, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Small hole in prow is King Island feature but all other aspects indicate Norton Sound. 1 double blade paddle; 2 single blade paddles, 1 with crossbar handle; 1 spearthrower; 1 mat of wood slats; 9 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and barbed points with sinew lashings; 1 float board; 1 wood float in zoomorphic shape with seal whiskers projecting from carved tail end. All fixtures except float have geometric red paint motif.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2085, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Small hole in prow is King Island feature but all other aspects indicate Norton Sound. 1 double blade paddle; 2 single blade paddles, 1 with crossbar handle; 1 spearthrower; 1 mat of wood slats; 9 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and barbed points with sinew lashings; 1 float board; 1 wood float in zoomorphic shape with seal whiskers projecting from carved tail end. All fixtures except float have geometric red paint motif.

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