Model Of Kayak, Float, Etc.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "63449-50. #63449 - ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; FIG. 134; P. 346."
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=593 , retrieved 7-31-2018; see web page for additional information: Kayak model. This ivory carving depicts a St. Lawrence Island Yupik kayak with a sealskin hunting float on its back deck. A face gazes upward from the cockpit, representing either a human rider or the in-dwelling spirit of the boat; among many northern peoples, skin-covered boats were understood to be living, conscious beings. Elders remember when kayaks were used for netting and harpooning seals around St. Lawrence Island, but today only the large, open angyapik (hunting boat) is used, for whale and walrus hunting.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yupik, St. Lawrence Island
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E63449-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Objects
content: 18.5 cm