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- Native Alaskan peoples
active: United States
- man in a kayak, late 1800s-1947
- ivory, india ink, carving, incising
- Object Height/Width/Length: 3.5 x 2.3 x 10.5 cm
Object Height/Width/Length: 1 3/8 x 7/8 x 4 1/8 in - Gift of Donald E. Sheriff
- Not on display
- 2007.0592.a,b
- Native Alaskan peoples
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Miniature figure of a man in a kayak with a paddle and harpoon. The kayak (2007.0592.a) has incised lines across the top, rubbed with black ink. The man (2007.0592.b) sits into the boat, and has a metal peg to insert. He holds a single bladed paddle in his proper left hand and a spear or harpoon in his raised proper right hand. He has black hair and black eyes.