Kayak Model, Fully Equipped
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Jun 1887
name: label: Collector
content: Lucien M. Turner
label: Donor Name
content: Smithsonian Institution
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027. Loan does not include broken paddle/dart.
label: Notes
content: From card: "2 cockpits, figures missing."
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 http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=641, retrieved 5-15-2014: Kayak model This model of a two-hole kayak shows the split, upturned bow and rudder-like flat stern of traditional Aleutian Islands boats. Men built the frames from pieces of driftwood, carving and bending the wood to make ribs, stringers, and keel pieces. They tied the parts together with sinew or baleen, placing bone or ivory plates in the joints to reduce friction and allow the frame to flex in heavy seas. Women sewed the cover from scraped seal or sea lion skins, making waterproof seams with a special stitch. A fresh coat of seal oil made the cover almost transparent.
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: 8 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Unalaska Island, 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: 019248
label: USNM Number
content: E129214-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 55.3 cm