Kayak Model With Figure And Accessories
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 May 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1927 to 1928
name: label: Collector
content: Paul Oscanyan
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Astrid F. Oscanyan
label: Donor Name
content: Paul Oscanyan
notes: label: Notes
content: MODEL ONE HOLE KAYAK OF GUTSKIN, IVORY AND WOOD. FIGURE AND ACCESSORIES ARE MADE OF WOOD; 2 HARPOONS/LANCE, 1 PADDLE, 1 HARPOON LINE HOLDER, AND 1 FLOAT ALSO HAVE IVORY AND/OR SKIN OR SINEW THREADS. THESE ACCESSORIES AND FIGURE MAY BELONG W/ ANOTHER KAYAK MODEL (INFERRED FROM ORIGINAL NUMBERS AND VALENTINE MUSEUM PAPERS.) KAYAK L. 54 CM., W. 6 CM.. LANCE/HARPOONS ARE 24 CM. AND 22 CM. L.. PADDLE IS 21.4 CM. L.. CARVED FIGURE IS SIMPLY CARVED W/ BLACK PAINTED KAMIKS, RED BODY, CARVED FACE, NO HAIR, NO HAT, IN SITTING POSITION. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR, MODELS ARE USED TO TEACH BOYS HOW TO MAKE FULL SIZE BOATS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: West Coast Of Greenland, West Greenland, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, West Greenland Inuit / Kalaallit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356736
label: USNM Number
content: E424717-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak Model / Figure
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Lance/harpoons
content: 24 cm
label: Length - Paddle
content: 21.4 cm
label: Length - Kayak (?)
content: 54 cm
label: Width - Kayak
content: 6 cm