Model kayak and hunting items

Museum number:
2-19144a-g
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210219144a@2dg
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
(a) Kayak model. Wood frame, rawhide cover, 4 ivory harpoon rests on deck. (b, c, d, f, g) 5 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and points with rawhide lines attached to deck. (e) 1 spear with ivory point.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Norton Sound, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Norton Sound Eskimo
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
1885
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
References: cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 198, fig. 182 for Norton Sound Kayak.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Model kayak and hunting items, accession number 2-19144a-g, described as (a) Kayak model. Wood frame, rawhide cover, 4 ivory harpoon rests on deck. (b, c, d, f, g) 5 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and points with rawhide lines attached to deck. (e) 1 spear with ivory point.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Model kayak and hunting items, accession number 2-19144a-g, described as (a) Kayak model. Wood frame, rawhide cover, 4 ivory harpoon rests on deck. (b, c, d, f, g) 5 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and points with rawhide lines attached to deck. (e) 1 spear with ivory point.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Model kayak and hunting items, accession number 2-19144a-g, described as (a) Kayak model. Wood frame, rawhide cover, 4 ivory harpoon rests on deck. (b, c, d, f, g) 5 harpoons with ivory foreshafts and points with rawhide lines attached to deck. (e) 1 spear with ivory point.

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