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Object Number
67-9-10/85
Display Title
Model of a canoe
Descriptions
Object Description
Model of a 3-hole Kayak. The persons in front and back are Natives and the middle person represents a European. The Natives are wearing gut skin jackets and spruce root hats. Man in the middle has Russian hat on.
Inventory Description
Model canoe, covered with skin, carved figures of Native Americans and Europeans
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1819
Culture
- Pacific Eskimo
- Alutiiq?
- Eskimo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Kodiak Island?
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwest Coast; Inland or island from Point Barrow
Dimensions
Overall: 72.5 × 10.5 × 8.3 cm (28 9/16 × 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Storage: 85.0902 × 22.86 × 15.875 cm (33 1/2 × 9 × 6 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
67-9-10/85 & Presented to the/Boston Athenaeum/Mr. Josiah Sturgis/April 1819/No.
Credit Line
Gift of the Boston Athenaeum, 1867
Provenance
Collector
Josiah Sturgis
(01/01/1819-04/01/1819)
Donor
Boston Athenaeum
(01/01/1867)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77-13-10/11257 | Kayak model, 3-hole "baidarka" |
Model
|
Aleutian Islands
| |
| 69-30-10/1701 | Model of kayak with single figure |
Art 3-D
|
Aleutian Islands
| |
| 03-40-10/62814 | Skirt of intestine, for kayak manhole |
Water - accessory
|
Kodiak Island Borough
| |
| 69-9-10/1204 | Model of a kayak |
Art 3-D
|
North America
| |
| 67-9-10/86 | Model of a canoe |
Art 3-D
|
United States
| |
| 69-20-10/1248 | Model of kayak |
Art 3-D
|
Alaska
| |
| 06-7-10/72371 | Bag made of skin with leather decoration |
Bag
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1702 | Model of kayak with single figure |
Art 3-D
|
Unalaska Island
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-5-10/98120 | Model of kayak |
Shaft, modified
Art 3-D |
North America
| |
| 975-5-10/52695 | Gut-skin parka |
Dress
|
Alaska
| |
| 77-13-10/11255 | Model of baidarka, one hole |
Communication artifacts
|
Aleutian Islands
| |
| 25-5-10/98121 | Bag made of intestine |
Bag
|
North America
|