Model of Bering Strait type Kayak with rack for harpoon line

Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected late 1930s

Wood, ivory, and sinew

Overall: 25 9/16 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (65 × 10.5 × 7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Corey Ford, Class of 1921H

169.75.24887

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Model

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

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. 76, no.62.

Provenance

Collected by Corey Ford (1902-1969, Class of 1921H), possibly late 1930's; Estate of Corey Ford, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection,1969.

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