Kayak and harpoon models

Museum number:
2-19146
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019146
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
3-hole kayak, wood frame, rawhide cover, with harpoon model with ivory foreshaft. Spear thrower also accompanied kayak, but now missing. References: cf. Adney & Chapelle, p. 196, fig. 178 for Unalaska kayak.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Unalaska, Unalaska Island, Fox Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
1885
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
References: cf. Adney & Chapelle, p. 196, fig. 178 for Unalaska kayak.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak and harpoon models, accession number 2-19146, described as 3-hole kayak, wood frame, rawhide cover, with harpoon model with ivory foreshaft. Spear thrower also accompanied kayak, but now missing. References: cf. Adney & Chapelle, p. 196, fig. 178 for Unalaska kayak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak and harpoon models, accession number 2-19146, described as 3-hole kayak, wood frame, rawhide cover, with harpoon model with ivory foreshaft. Spear thrower also accompanied kayak, but now missing. References: cf. Adney & Chapelle, p. 196, fig. 178 for Unalaska kayak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak and harpoon models, accession number 2-19146, described as 3-hole kayak, wood frame, rawhide cover, with harpoon model with ivory foreshaft. Spear thrower also accompanied kayak, but now missing. References: cf. Adney & Chapelle, p. 196, fig. 178 for Unalaska kayak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak and harpoon models, accession number 2-19146, described as 3-hole kayak, wood frame, rawhide cover, with harpoon model with ivory foreshaft. Spear thrower also accompanied kayak, but now missing. References: cf. Adney & Chapelle, p. 196, fig. 178 for Unalaska kayak.

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