Kayak model

Museum number:
2-6434a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026434a@2dc
Alternate number:
x-2627 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. One double bladed paddle with geometric design in red and black paint. One woven grass mat probably used as seat in manhole. Wood frame covered with skin; flat & narrow deck; bifurcated bow with a flat top; at the square stern, an opening to empty the bilge; on after deck two couples of leather loops to hold equipment, on the front a deck strip made of twisted leather with a small bone block attached to sinew which is attached across front hatch of kayak.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Unalaska, Unalaska Island, Fox Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Unalaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Captain Sandman
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks and Models (concepts)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
74 centimeters and 152 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Adney & Chapelle for Unalaska kayak, p. 196, fig. 178.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6434a-c, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. One double bladed paddle with geometric design in red and black paint. One woven grass mat probably used as seat in manhole. Wood frame covered with skin; flat & narrow deck; bifurcated bow with a flat top; at the square stern, an opening to empty the bilge; on after deck two couples of leather loops to hold equipment, on the front a deck strip made of twisted leather with a small bone block attached to sinew which is attached across front hatch of kayak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6434a-c, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. One double bladed paddle with geometric design in red and black paint. One woven grass mat probably used as seat in manhole. Wood frame covered with skin; flat & narrow deck; bifurcated bow with a flat top; at the square stern, an opening to empty the bilge; on after deck two couples of leather loops to hold equipment, on the front a deck strip made of twisted leather with a small bone block attached to sinew which is attached across front hatch of kayak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-6434a-c, described as Single hatch, wood frame, rawhide cover. One double bladed paddle with geometric design in red and black paint. One woven grass mat probably used as seat in manhole. Wood frame covered with skin; flat & narrow deck; bifurcated bow with a flat top; at the square stern, an opening to empty the bilge; on after deck two couples of leather loops to hold equipment, on the front a deck strip made of twisted leather with a small bone block attached to sinew which is attached across front hatch of kayak.

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