Kayak model

Museum number:
2-18872a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210218872a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
(a) Kayak model, 2 hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover, red and light green worsted sewn into the seam of the deck. (b) One human figure wearing wooden hat and sealskin parka.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Unalaska, Unalaska Island, Fox Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Unalaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1934
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks and Models (concepts)
Function:
1.4 Transportation and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
53.3 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney & Chapelle, p. 196, fig. 178 for Unalaska kayak.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-18872a,b, described as (a) Kayak model, 2 hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover, red and light green worsted sewn into the seam of the deck. (b) One human figure wearing wooden hat and sealskin parka.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-18872a,b, described as (a) Kayak model, 2 hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover, red and light green worsted sewn into the seam of the deck. (b) One human figure wearing wooden hat and sealskin parka.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-18872a,b, described as (a) Kayak model, 2 hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover, red and light green worsted sewn into the seam of the deck. (b) One human figure wearing wooden hat and sealskin parka.

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