Model of a Bidarka boat with four seated figures

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Model of a Bidarka boat with four seated figures
Model of a Bidarka boat with four seated figures
Datedate unknown
MediumWood, intestine, string, and paint
DimensionsOverall: 5 in. × 26 3/4 in. × 5 in. (12.7 × 67.9 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.513
Not on view
DescriptionModel of skin-covered hunting craft. Said to be "Alaskan." Possibly Unangax̂/Aleutian?

Additional Details

Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Inscribed Inscribed in ink on left side at center: E33 [crossed out] / NANW 46
Model of a Bidarka boat with three seated figures
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood, intestine, string, and paint
Object number: 1984.514
Model Canoe
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.505
Model Canoe
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.507
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1880-1900
Medium: Wood with abalone
Object number: 1984.508
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.527
Model Totem Pole
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.509
Model Canoe
Date: 1878
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.506
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1996.15.32
Pipe
Date: 1850-75
Medium: Wood with copper tubing
Object number: 1984.511
Pipe stem
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Wood
Object number: 1984.552
Photograph by John Bentham.
David Esterly
Date: 1993
Medium: Limewood
Object number: 1993.37
Lotus netsuke
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: possibly 19th century
Medium: Tagua nut
Object number: 1992.11