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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A model of a Caribou Inuit kayak made from wood and animal skin. The framing consists of coarse wooden lathes, which are irregular in shape, and has been covered in caribou hide made up of varying shapes and sizes sewn together. The top face of the kayak is flat and the stern juts out at a shallow angle. The cockpit is positioned slightly aft of amidships and is an irregular oval shape. The front of the cockpit has a bone harpoon head with a hole passing through it attached. The model has two breaks in the skin below the cockpit area.
Kayaks of this type were used on inland waters in the North American Arctic for hunting caribou as it crossed rivers on seasonal migration.
TRIM Reference GEN/36366
caption: Ethnographic boat model of a Caribou Eskimo (Arctic) kayak
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caption: Seal Skin Kayak - Stern quarter | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | boats models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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