Kayak model

Museum number:
2-2770
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020002770
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Malemuit Eskimo, one hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Fixtures include: wooden figure of Eskimo wearing hooded sealskin parka, the waist opening is fitted over the cockpit rim; 1 double bladed paddle with geometric design in red paint; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle and red painted geometric design; harpoon with ivory point, foreshaft, rawhide line, and sinew lashings.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
St. Michael Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael Island
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
1894
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 56 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson, p. 220, pl. LXXIX, fig. 3 for Norton Sound kayaks.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2770, described as Malemuit Eskimo, one hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Fixtures include: wooden figure of Eskimo wearing hooded sealskin parka, the waist opening is fitted over the cockpit rim; 1 double bladed paddle with geometric design in red paint; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle and red painted geometric design; harpoon with ivory point, foreshaft, rawhide line, and sinew lashings.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2770, described as Malemuit Eskimo, one hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Fixtures include: wooden figure of Eskimo wearing hooded sealskin parka, the waist opening is fitted over the cockpit rim; 1 double bladed paddle with geometric design in red paint; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle and red painted geometric design; harpoon with ivory point, foreshaft, rawhide line, and sinew lashings.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2770, described as Malemuit Eskimo, one hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Fixtures include: wooden figure of Eskimo wearing hooded sealskin parka, the waist opening is fitted over the cockpit rim; 1 double bladed paddle with geometric design in red paint; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle and red painted geometric design; harpoon with ivory point, foreshaft, rawhide line, and sinew lashings.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2770, described as Malemuit Eskimo, one hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Fixtures include: wooden figure of Eskimo wearing hooded sealskin parka, the waist opening is fitted over the cockpit rim; 1 double bladed paddle with geometric design in red paint; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle and red painted geometric design; harpoon with ivory point, foreshaft, rawhide line, and sinew lashings.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2770, described as Malemuit Eskimo, one hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Fixtures include: wooden figure of Eskimo wearing hooded sealskin parka, the waist opening is fitted over the cockpit rim; 1 double bladed paddle with geometric design in red paint; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle and red painted geometric design; harpoon with ivory point, foreshaft, rawhide line, and sinew lashings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2770, described as Malemuit Eskimo, one hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Fixtures include: wooden figure of Eskimo wearing hooded sealskin parka, the waist opening is fitted over the cockpit rim; 1 double bladed paddle with geometric design in red paint; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle and red painted geometric design; harpoon with ivory point, foreshaft, rawhide line, and sinew lashings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2770, described as Malemuit Eskimo, one hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Fixtures include: wooden figure of Eskimo wearing hooded sealskin parka, the waist opening is fitted over the cockpit rim; 1 double bladed paddle with geometric design in red paint; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle and red painted geometric design; harpoon with ivory point, foreshaft, rawhide line, and sinew lashings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2770, described as Malemuit Eskimo, one hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. Fixtures include: wooden figure of Eskimo wearing hooded sealskin parka, the waist opening is fitted over the cockpit rim; 1 double bladed paddle with geometric design in red paint; 1 single bladed paddle with crossbar handle and red painted geometric design; harpoon with ivory point, foreshaft, rawhide line, and sinew lashings.

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