Kayak Float Board
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: NEG. NO. 83-10729, INUA SHOW; WOODEN FRAME WITH SKIN ROPE COILED ON IT, KAYAK FLOAT BOARD, CATALOG CARD HAS BEEN MADE FOR THIS.
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=718 , retrieved 10-24-2021; see web page for additional information: Float board, Yup'ik. A float board rode on the forward deck of a kayak, ready for use when the hunter struck a seal with his harpoon. The board was then thrown overboard to drag behind the wounded animal. A leather line connected the float board to the harpoon point and lay coiled on top of the device when not in use. Cut-out shapes in the wood represent the full, half, and crescent stages of the moon.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Southwest, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: ET14611-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Float Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 63 cm