Kayak Stern Fragment
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1933
name: label: Donor Name
content: James A. Ford
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Miyowaghameet, Cut 18. Sec. 10 (3 ft. 8" deep). Kyak Keel (?) Text says: part of Umiak keel, wood, cut 23, depth 44". Illus. Collins, Archeology of St. Law. Id., pl. 46."
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 16B and E p. 39 in Anichtchenko, Evguenia. 2017. "Reconstructing The St. Lawrence Island Kayak; From Forgotten Watercraft to a Bering Sea Maritime Network." Alaska Journal of Anthropology. 15 (1&2) : 25-48. Identified there as kayak stern fragment: "The only artifact that can be identified as a kayak stern fragment is object NMNH A369827 from the Miyowagh site. Measuring 19 cm in length and 7.5 cm in height, it is a fragment of slightly curved timber with a pronounced angular shape, a mortise joint at its upper end, and two lashing holes—one at each end of its longer side (Fig. 16b). The artifact's triangular cross-section and perpendicular turn suggest that this is a bottom stern piece. The narrow broken end may at some point have been attached to the kayak's keel, while the wider mortised end received the upper part of the stern." See also A370193, A370242.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence Island / Gambell, Bering Sea / St. Lawrence Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113610
label: USNM Number
content: A369827-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak Stern