2 - Hatch Bidarka
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Mar 1894
label: Collection Date
content: 1892
name: label: Collector
content: Captain Zera L. Tanner
label: Collector
content: USS Albatross
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Originally had 11 accessories: 2 grass mats, 3 double paddles, 2 otter spears (1 copper & 1 ivory head), 1 whale spear, 1 spear thrower, chafing stick (for hauling lines over) [presumably a gunnel board], 1 halibut club, lines. This is very similar to Cat. No. 160330 which was sent to Peabody Museum, New Haven, Conn. Refer to: Collin's MS. p. 771-2." From old 19th or early 20th century museum exhibit label found with artifact: "Two-hatch bidarka, Aleut, Unalaska, Alaska. The covering of the boat is made from the skin of the female sea lion, and ornamented with hair. The frame is made of the common drift wood. Dimensions: Length 20 ft. 10 in.; Beam 24 in.; Depth 12 in." Associated artifacts are Catalogue Nos. E168516 - 24. Detailed description of kayak and its associated artifacts is in Collins Ms., pp. 771-772.
label: Notes
content: Kayak is illustrated and described in detail in Golden, Harvey. 2015. Kayaks of Alaska. Portland, OR: White House Grocery Press: Plate 9, p. 61; pp. 88 - 90; Color Plate III, # 2, after p. 274.
label: Notes
content: Unangax̂ term "ulux̂tax̂" for a two-hatched kayak (bidarka) provided by Mark Snigaroff from the Native Village of Atka (March 28-April 1, 2016).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Unalaska Island / Unalaska, Aleutian Islands / Fox Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 028022
label: USNM Number
content: E398277-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 56 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 632 cm