miniature kayak, unrecorded Kalaallit artist

Artwork Overview

miniature kayak, mid 1800s–1895
Where object was made: Greenland
Material/technique: sealskin; wood; ivory; cloth; sinew
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 15 x 34 x 95 cm
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 5 7/8 x 13 3/8 x 37 3/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Lewis Lindsay Dyche
Accession number: 2007.0558
Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Climate Change at the Poles," Jan-2009, Kate Meyer, Jennifer Talbott, and Angela Watts
This miniature kayak provides an excellent representation of what a well-equipped kayak
would look like when an Inuit man was hunting at sea. Miniature kayaks were often made by fathers as toys for their sons, in part as preparation for their future roles as hunters. These miniatures were also very popular trade items, purchased by sailors and explorers to take back to the south and show their friends and families a sampling of Inuit life.

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