Model of Inuit kajak
Canada, Greenland, Inuit
not available anymore
Provenance
Danish Private Collection (early 20th century)Size
L: 65 cm
L: 25.6 inch
Description
corpus from wood, covered with animal skin in one piece and sewn on top, prow and stern adorned with bone, removable half figure of a hunter with clothing, detailed representation of equipment for seal and whale hunting (harpoons, knife, rope), prey (from cedar wood) at the prow, slightly dam. (prey), seam partly loosened, harpoon rep., cord fixing renewed in some areas