Souvenir Model Kayak with Paddler and Seal Hunting Equipment

Unidentified Kalaallit (West Greenlandic Inuit) maker
Eastern Arctic
Arctic

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collected 1935-1940

Skin, wood, and ivory

Overall: 16 15/16 in. (43 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of David C. Nutt, Class of 1941

159.9.14390

Geography

Place Made: Greenland, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Model

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern

Not on view

Exhibition History

Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Juanuary 27-May 13,2007.

Publication History

Nicole Stuckenberger, Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 62, no.7.

Provenance

Collected by David C. Nutt (1919-2008, Dartmouth Class of 1941; Arctic Specialist, Dartmouth College Museum, 1947-1955; Research Associate, Geography Department, 1955-1976), given to present collection, 1959.

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