Carved Hunter In Kayak
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED GREY SOAPSTONE KAYAK HAS SEVERAL FIGURES ATTACHED TO ITS SURFACE BY WOODEN DOWELS/OR ADHESIVE. CENTRAL FIGURE IS THE TORSO OF A HUNTER, "SEATED" IN KAYAK, HEAD TURNED TO THE RIGHT, MITTENED HANDS STRETCHED OUT IN FRONT, WEARING A COAT W/ THE HOOD TURNED DOWN. THERE ARE 2 FISH, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF HUNTER. FISH'S HEADS POINT TOWARD EACH OTHER. FLANKING THE FISH IN FRONT ARE SPEARS W/ WOODEN HANDLE & METAL SPEAR POINTS. SINEW IS WRAPPED AROUND JOINTS OF POINT & HANDLE. SINEW IS STRUNG THROUGH HOLES BORED INTO SIDE OF BOAT TO SECURE SPEARS. ALSO HAS SEPARATE WOODEN DOUBLE-BLADE PADDLE (L=24 CM). BOTTOM HAS INSCRIPTION CARVED IN ALL CAPS "1974 D KILIKAVIOYAK." CONDITION: FISH IN FRONT IS MOVABLE. SOME LOSS AT BOTTOM TOWARD STERN END. SPEAR POINTS ARE RUSTED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 May 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Nunavut, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, Inuinnait (Copper)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E427952-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak Model / Figure / Kayak Paddle Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 43 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.3 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7.6 cm