Kayak model

Museum number:
2-51743a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210251743a@2dd
Accession number:
Acc.2891
Description:
3 carved occupants. (a) 3-manhole type kayak, stiched rawhide over wood frame, all paddles lost. Straight stern, curved bow. (b - d) carved Eskimo paddlers, wood head and torso, cloth and gut arms, remnant gut clothing. All have red-painted faces.
Donor:
Thomas Chapman
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Alutiiq
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kayaks and Models (concepts)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
September 11, 1972
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— 87.7 centimeters and (a)— 12.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-51743a-d, described as 3 carved occupants. (a) 3-manhole type kayak, stiched rawhide over wood frame, all paddles lost. Straight stern, curved bow. (b - d) carved Eskimo paddlers, wood head and torso, cloth and gut arms, remnant gut clothing. All have red-painted faces.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-51743a-d, described as 3 carved occupants. (a) 3-manhole type kayak, stiched rawhide over wood frame, all paddles lost. Straight stern, curved bow. (b - d) carved Eskimo paddlers, wood head and torso, cloth and gut arms, remnant gut clothing. All have red-painted faces.

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