МАЭ № 7401-5

Model of a two-hatched kayak

Kodiak Eskimos

19th century

wood, paint, leather, intestine, sinew, baleen, cotton thread, woolen thread, cloth, beads

length 57.5 cm, width 9 cm, height with figures 9.5 cm, height of the hull 5.1 cm, height of the nose 7 cm

There is a painted board located between the forward hatch and the nose of this model kayak. It is used to secure harpoons and other weapons used for sea hunting to the surface of the kayak. One of the sides of the board is carved to resemble the head of a cormorant.

Ethnography of America