Boat Model "Umiak"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Jun 1943
label: Collection Date
content: 1891 to 1898
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Stanley-Brown
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Joseph Stanley-Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=705 , retrieved 12-15-2021; see web page for additional information: Boat (model), umiaq "open skin boat", Inupiaq. A paddled skin boat or one under sail is quiet and does not startle whales and other animals; water lapping on its hull sounds almost like another living creature in the water. The umiaq is a large boat up to 35 feet (10.7m) long, the size needed for a whaling crew and all its gear including floats, lines, harpoon (darting gun), and bomb gun. The requirements are similar for walrus hunting, and the boats are used for that purpose as well. A boat captain (umialiq) holds a position of leadership in his community.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas) (?)
label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 165342
label: USNM Number
content: E383165-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Umiak Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 52 cm