Lot Essay
Most model kayaks are made of sea mammal skin. Those of baleen are unusual.
Details
AN ESKIMO BALEEN MODEL KAYAK
The sides sewn together with a ivory tipped harpoon lashed on the left side, a paddle on the right, the hunter shown lashed in position with a carved wood face and wearing a gut hunting hat, 31in. (78.7cm.) long
The sides sewn together with a ivory tipped harpoon lashed on the left side, a paddle on the right, the hunter shown lashed in position with a carved wood face and wearing a gut hunting hat, 31in. (78.7cm.) long
Literature
Burch and Forman, 1988, p. 51