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Kayak
Object Number 01-16-10/57017
Display Title Kayak
Descriptions
Inventory Description Kayak, skin-covered with upturned pointed prow, hide ties fore and aft of egg-shaped hatch, two ivory toggles in form of seal heads, splits in places
Classification
  • Kayak
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kotzebue Sound Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kotzebue Sound
Materials Bearded Seal skin , Bearded Seal sinew , Caribou sinew , Eared seal skin , Walrus skin , Wood , Ivory , Bone , Baleen
Dimensions Overall: 178 3/8 × 24 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (14.86 × 2.04 × 1.22 Ft) Weight: 42.5 lb. (19.278 kg)
Quantity 1
Label on object 57017
Provenance
Collector Unknown (Unknown)
Donor David I. Bushnell, Jr. (01/01/1901)

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