Kayak Model
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027. Three implements are tied to the model on loan.
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=547 , retrieved 10-24-2021; see web page for additional information: Kayak model, Yup'ik. This model shows the traditional Norton Sound kayak design - a wide, stable boat with a large cockpit, circular opening through the bow, and handhold on the stern. A miniature bird dart, throwing board, and double-ended paddle are lashed under the deck straps, just as on a real boat. Working kayaks could carry heavy loads, including seals stuffed inside and an extra passenger who faced backwards in the cockpit. Men built frames for the boats and women sewed the bearded sealskin covers.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Yukon, South Of, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E36180-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak Model / Paddle Model / Atlatl Model / Dart Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 84 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14.5 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 85 cm