Kayak model with figure
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]
- Previous owner
- Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
- Seller
- Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
- Seller agent
- Joseph E. Standley (J. E. Standley), Non-Indian, 1854-1940
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1916 from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop (Seattle, Washington), which was owned and operated by James E. Standley (1854-1940), using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Date created
- circa 1900
- Catalog Number
- 5/3610
- Barcode
- 053610.000
- Object Type
- Watercraft and accessories
- Object Name
- Kayak model with figure
- Media/Materials
- Wood, sealskin/fur, seal gut/intestines, animal bone, ivory, paint, sinew
- Techniques
- Carved, stretched, sewn, painted
- Dimensions
- 53 x 10 x 15 cm
- Place
- Cape Prince of Wales; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]
- Watercraft and accessories
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_57928
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws671952c0d-f791-4c72-85cb-153b7c44e979
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