E0270: Inuit- Model, Umiak

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0270

Classification Category:

8:Communication Artifacts ➞ Education

Marks/Labels:

TAG" Model Eskimo boat" and "Model of Eskimo boat" (1994- creak in skin at bow?) and covered with dirt and dust inside. Cleaning with brushes and vacuuming seems to have helped considerably" (1/20/94)

Materials:

animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather
botanical ➔ wood

Dimensions:

119.5 cm L
33 cm W
13 cm H

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

Alaska, USA

Acquisition Date:

1894 – 1917

Description:

Wooden model Umiak with leather and baleen.

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