МАЭ № 593-99

Float

Kodiak Eskimos

prior to 1843

I.G. Voznesenskii's expedition

sealskin, bone, wood, sinew

length without the cord 98 cm, width 38 cm

This float comprises a set with cording No. 593—100. Floats were used to transport carcasses of sea animals. A hunter would not drag an animal onto his kayak, but would leave it in the water, attach it to a float and sail it to shore.

Ethnography of America