Inuit
Model whale hunting boat (Umiak)
Inuit, 1800
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Inuit
Model whale hunting boat (Umiak)
Inuit, 1800
Physical Qualities
Skin, wood, sinew, 4 × 5 3/4 × 21 3/4 in. (10.2 × 14.6 × 55.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Bernice Barth, Los Angeles
Object Number
2003.165a-b
Skin stretched over wood frame, 7 seats lashed on with sinew. A miniature three-legged stool-like accessory included, possibly to sit on the prow or stern.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 2003; Bernice Barth, Los Angeles
