МАЭ № 536-9

Model of a two-hatched kayak

Kodiak Eskimos

не позднее 1805 г.

Russian circumnavigations and half round-the-world sea expeditions

wood, harbor seal skin, sinew, phoca bowels, paint, deer hair

length 82 cm, width 11.8 cm, height of the stern 11 cm, height of the hull 7.5 cm, height of the nose 13 cm

This is a model of the “classic” kayak from the Eskimos of Kodiak Island. The nose of the kayak represents a stylized head of a sea animal with its jaws open. If you look at the model kayak from above its stern has an extended triangular shape. These specific elements of construction make it easy to distinguish Alutiiq kayaks from those of the Aleuts.

Ethnography of America