Kayak

Museum number:
2-39745
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Accession number:
Acc.2112
Description:
Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.
Donor:
Richard Fong
Collection place:
King Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; King Island
Culture or time period:
Bering Straight Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
April 1966
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
This kayak was supposedly confiscated from an elderly Eskimo who violated hunting regulation.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
60.2 centimeters, 458.5 centimeters, width 68 pounds, and 25 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.

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