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Kayak, circular opening in bow
Object Number 47-67-10/29230
Display Title Kayak, circular opening in bow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Kayak with slightly upturned prow with circular cutout, stern has horizontal protrusion, painted designs in black of arms and legs either side of circular hatch
Classification
  • Kayak
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nunivaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Bethel Census Area / Nunivak Island
Materials Bearded Seal skin , Bearded Seal sinew , Caribou sinew , Wood , Pigment , Spruce root?
Dimensions Overall: 487.681 × 72.3901 × 48.2601 cm (192 × 28 1/2 × 19 in.) Weight: 51 lb. (23.133 kg)
Quantity 1
Label on object 160345; 47-67-10/29230; Acc / 21119
Provenance
Intermediary Dr. Frank M. Setzler
Collector Alaska Commercial Company
Donor Smithsonian Institution (December 1, 1947)

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