Sled Model
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Jan 1910
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Interior
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Wooden. Bone runners."
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=672 , retrieved 12-16-2021; see web page for additional information: Sled model, Inupiaq. Winter freezing of the tundra and rivers opens up the country for long-distance travel by dog sled. Traditional railed sleds were up to ten feet (3 m) long and could carry 700 - 800 pounds (320 - 360 kg). Teams of five to nine dogs were hitched in tandem along a central line to pull heavy loads, assisted when the trail was poor by men who pushed and women who pulled the sled. For light loads only two or three dogs might be needed, hitched in a fan. Sled frames were lashed together from carved pieces of driftwood and the runners were clad with bone.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Norton Sound, 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: 051115
label: USNM Number
content: E260531-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sled Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 32.5 cm