Model
Kayak Paddle
97-84-725B
From: Greenland
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-84-725B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Greenland |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Ivory |
| Description | Skin covered model of a kayak (a), with ivory keel. Paddle "b" (in two parts), harpoon with bone shaft ends, foreshaft and harpoon head and iron blade. Lance with iron point (c), knife with (i)iron blade (d), spear thrower (e), float (f), and reel for lines (g). Skin-clad wooden figure with face painted red (H) |
| Length | 30 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-84-725B - Old Museum Number | 11209 - ANSP Number |
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