Kayak model

Museum number:
2-2083
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020002083
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 2 pieces of bone used to strengthen scarphs in manhole rim; 4 wood spear rests attached to rawhide thongs on foreward deck. Fixtures include: 1 slated wood mat; 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape with features painted in red; 1 paddle, single blade with crossbar handle and geometric design in red paint; 1 paddle, single blade with crossbar handle, blade graphite coated; 1 boathook; 3 harpoons with ivory foreshafts, points, and sinew line; 1 spear, blade painted black.
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
Materials:
Graphite (mineral)
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 77 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney and Chapelle, p. 200 and fig. 128 for Norton Sound kayaks.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2083, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 2 pieces of bone used to strengthen scarphs in manhole rim; 4 wood spear rests attached to rawhide thongs on foreward deck. Fixtures include: 1 slated wood mat; 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape with features painted in red; 1 paddle, single blade with crossbar handle and geometric design in red paint; 1 paddle, single blade with crossbar handle, blade graphite coated; 1 boathook; 3 harpoons with ivory foreshafts, points, and sinew line; 1 spear, blade painted black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2083, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 2 pieces of bone used to strengthen scarphs in manhole rim; 4 wood spear rests attached to rawhide thongs on foreward deck. Fixtures include: 1 slated wood mat; 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape with features painted in red; 1 paddle, single blade with crossbar handle and geometric design in red paint; 1 paddle, single blade with crossbar handle, blade graphite coated; 1 boathook; 3 harpoons with ivory foreshafts, points, and sinew line; 1 spear, blade painted black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2083, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. 2 pieces of bone used to strengthen scarphs in manhole rim; 4 wood spear rests attached to rawhide thongs on foreward deck. Fixtures include: 1 slated wood mat; 1 wood float, zoomorphic shape with features painted in red; 1 paddle, single blade with crossbar handle and geometric design in red paint; 1 paddle, single blade with crossbar handle, blade graphite coated; 1 boathook; 3 harpoons with ivory foreshafts, points, and sinew line; 1 spear, blade painted black.

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