МАЭ № 2868-209

Model of a single-hatched kayak

Kodiak Eskimos

19th century

wood, sealskin, seal intestine, baleen, caribou hair, sinew

length 72.5 cm, width 11.8 cm, height with the figure 17.5 cm, height of the hull 6 cm, height of the nose 9 cm

In this model as well as in model kayak No. 4104—144 and umiak No. 4291—21 there are figures of hunters carved from wood wearing conical headgear, visor hats with the upper part open. Hats of this type are known only from the representations in these models; there are no such original hats included in the ethnographic collections.

Ethnography of America