Kayak
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Mar 1894
label: Collection Date
content: 1891 to 1892
name: label: Collector
content: USS Albatross
label: Collector
content: Charles H. Townsend
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "[Kayak has] Upcurved bow, with broad, slot-like interspace; spur-like point projecting aft above nearly vertical stern; hatch circular, located aft of center. The double bladed paddle for this specimen, turned up later, and is retained by the Museum. Kayak sent as gift to Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Ill. Nov. 6, 1947. Originally there were 40 accessories with this spec. A double bladed paddle for it turned up later so is retained in the Museum. Refer : Collins MS. pp. 738-9." Associated artifacts are Catalogue Nos. E168536 - 67. Detailed description of kayak and its associated artifacts is in Collins Ms., pp. 738-739
label: Notes
content: Catalogue card calls this Eskimo (Togiak), Norton Sound, Alaska. However, the Collins Boat MS. p. 738 identifies it as "Used by the natives of Togiak, Alaska, for hunting, etc.. Full size. Togiak, Alaska, 1892. Collected by U.S. Steamer Albatross. Deposited by U.S. Fish Commission." Accession file lists a full size skin kayak from Togiak, which may be this artifact, and identifies it as collected by Charles H. Townsend of the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. Unlike the Collins Ms., which lists a collection date of 1892 for kayak 398280, the accession file lists a collection date of Summer 1891 for the Togiak kayak collected by Townsend.
label: Notes
content: This kayak paddle is illustrated and described in detail on p. 475 and Color Plate XVI, # 1, after p. 274 in Golden, Harvey. 2015. Kayaks of Alaska. Portland, OR: White House Grocery Press. Golden identifies the paddle as Norton Sound Unaligmiut style, not Togiak style. Golden checked with the Illinois State Museum, which now has the kayak ex. E398280, and they confirmed it to be of the typical Unaligmiut form.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Togiak (not certain), Togiak Bay (not certain) / Norton Sound (not certain), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik, Unaligmiut (Unalirmiut) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 028022
label: USNM Number
content: E398280-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak Paddle