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Description: | native break and repair using ivory pins
"A kayak is believed to have been captured just off the east coast of Aberdeenshire, near Belhelvie about 1700 AD. It was said to have been occupied by 'an Indian man', who later died at Aberdeen. The kayak and its occupant were probably Inuit and are thought to be from western Greenland. The harpoon, bird-spear, spear and throwing stick carried on the kayak, that were part of the hunting kit, were also preserved. This is one of a number of sightings of kayaks around the Scottish coast during the 17th century. This is the equipment believed to have accompanied the kayak. As well as the wooden throwing board, which would have been used to propel the harpoon, seal dart and bird dart, the photograph shows a two-bladed wooden paddle which is trimmed with bone and ivory and wound baleen handholds, a wood and ivory seal dart, a wood and ivory harpoon and an incomplete bird dart. The equiment could have been carried on a kayak on a hunting trip, probably secured under hide thongs stretched across the deck. It is unusual for all the hunting equipment to have been preserved as a set."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 2000 Purpose: SCRAN | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Inuit | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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