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Description

Model of a kayak with prominent upturned ends that are distinctive of Inuvialuit kayaks. The frame is made from wood, and the cover is made from several pieces of hide stretched over the frame and stitched together. A seam running lengthwise on the deck has been stained with red ochre. Deck lashings made from braided sinew for holding hunting implements are attached fore and aft of the cockpit and a lance holder made from antler or bone is attached to the deck near the front end. The model includes a throwing board, the shaft of a lance with a wrapping of baleen at the tip end (the tip is missing), a double-bladed paddle, and a paddle with a single blade. Both paddles have been decorated using red ochre.

Information from the Smithsonian

FROM CARD: "7477, PADDLE AND 2 POLES TRANSFERRED BACK TO DIV. OF ETHNOLOGY FROM DIV. OF ENGINEERING, JANUARY 25, 1934. INVENTORIED 1974. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25 1988. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS. CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #A94, P. 130."

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E7477-0
  • Object Type: kayak model
  • Materials: hide, wood, antler, sinew, bone, ochre
  • Manufacturing Techniques: cutting, lashing, sewing, mortising, painting
  • Tags: hunting, model, sea mammal hunting

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