Model of Bering Strait type Kayak with rack for harpoon line
Iñupiaq, Western Arctic, Arctic
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 College: Gift of the Estate of Corey Ford, Class of 1921H
169.75.24887
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Model
Classification
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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