Umiak Model With Four Figures, Mask And One Paddle
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: UMIAK MODEL WITH 4 CARVED AND PAINTED WOODEN HUMAN FIGURES, 3 SEATED FACING ONE STANDING AT BOW. MAST HOLE AND LOOSE MAST AT STERN. 1 WOODEN PADDLE ASSOCIATED ALSO. SEATED FIGURES ARE DEPICTED IN ROWING POSITION. UMIAK HAS WOOD FRAMEWORK LASHED TOGETHER WITH SINEW AND CELLULOSE CORD, WITH GUTSKIN COVER LASHED TO FRAME WITH SINEW. COVER IS IN POOR CONDITION, CRACKING AND FOLDING MIDWAY DOWN BODY. BOAT MODEL MADE TO PRACTICE BOAT MAKING CRAFT. THE COLLECTOR STATES "THEY WERE MADE BECAUSE THE ESKIMOS HAD AN AWFUL TIME OBTAINING WOOD AND THEY USED EVERY BIT WITH GREAT CARE. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY MAKE A BOAT YOU COULD WASTE A LOT OF WOOD. SO THE BOYS WERE TAUGHT TO MAKE THESE MODELS...THIS PARTICULAR MODEL HAS THE CORRECT NUMBER OF SEATS THAT RUN ACROSS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. IN THE UMIAK THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE SO OFTEN WHEN THEY MAKE THESE THINGS FOR TRADE...THEY DON'T TRY TO MAKE THEM TOO ACCURATELY, BUT THESE WERE MADE BY PEOPLE WHO EXPECTED TO HAVE THEIR BOAT BUILT AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WOULD CONFORM TO TRADITION."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
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: E424718-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Umiak Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 79 cm
label: Width - Umiak
content: 12.7 cm