Carved Hunter In Kayak W/ Acoutrements
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1967
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: KAYAK IS CARVED FROM IVORY W/ SEATED HUNTER IN CENTER OPENING. HUNTER IS DEPICTED W/ RAISED RIGHT HAND W/ HOLE TO INSERT HARPOON. LEFT HAND IS EXTENDED IN FRONT W/ SINEW STRING THREADED THROUGH HOLE IN PALM, CONNECTED TO CARVED SEAL FLOAT & HARPOON. HUNTER WEARS HOODED PARKA. FACIAL FEATURES & HOOD TRIM ARE PAINTED BLACK. TO THE HUNTER'S RIGHT IS A CARVED PADDLE, GLUED TO SURFACE. SEAL FLOAT WAS PROBABLY ONCE GLUED TO A SPOT BEHIND HUNTER, AS SHOWN BY GLUE RESIDUE & 2 PIERCED HOLES THAT MATCH IMPRESSIONS LEFT ON THE SEAL FLOAT'S STOMACH.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jan 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E428020-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3 cm