Kayak model

Museum number:
2-5914
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005914
Alternate number:
x-2107 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Model with hunter wearing hat. Weapons in low relief on deck, incised abstract design on both sides of kayak. Made of carved 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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks and Models (concepts)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
2-5912
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12.4 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney & Chapelle, p. 196-7, fig. 177 for Kodiak Is. kayak.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-5914, described as Model with hunter wearing hat. Weapons in low relief on deck, incised abstract design on both sides of kayak. Made of carved ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-5914, described as Model with hunter wearing hat. Weapons in low relief on deck, incised abstract design on both sides of kayak. Made of carved ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-5914, described as Model with hunter wearing hat. Weapons in low relief on deck, incised abstract design on both sides of kayak. Made of carved ivory.

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