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Model Kayak, c.1915 Inuit culture; Alaska Wood, seal skin, baleen and walrus ivory; 45 x 3 3/…
Model Kayak
Model Kayak, c.1915 Inuit culture; Alaska Wood, seal skin, baleen and walrus ivory; 45 x 3 3/…
Model Kayak, c.1915 Inuit culture; Alaska Wood, seal skin, baleen and walrus ivory; 45 x 3 3/4 in. 2927 Gift of Captain John Arthur Ricker

Model Kayak

ClassificationsSculpture-models
Culture Inuit
Datec.1915
Made AtAlaska, United States, North America
MediumWood, seal skin, baleen and walrus ivory
Dimensions45 × 3 3/4 in. (114.3 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Captain John Arthur Ricker
Object number2927
DescriptionModel Kayak, brought from Alaska by Capt. Ricker. Kayaks are made only from pin seal, stretched over a wooden frame and to be sea-worthy, must be sewed with thongs which have been tanned by means of saliva. The navigator sits in the hole, excluding water by fastening the skirt ot his water-proof dress around the coaming. Space for 3 nagivators. Dian central space 4.50" on either side of central space7.50". anouther space 3.75"diam. Four thongs decorated with ivory inlaid with black.
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