Artist/Maker
Maker once known
CultureIñupiaq
Title
Model Umiak
Dateca. 1870
Mediumsealskin
Dimensions2 1/2 × 19 × 5 1/8 in. (6.4 × 48.3 × 13 cm)
Donor credit lineGift of Ms. Carol S. Brinkley
Object number2019.79.38
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionModel umiak, 19th century, circa 1870-1880. Skin over wooden frame with twine and baleen bindings. Label TextIñupiaq maker once known (possibly Colville River area, Inuit Nunaat), ᐅᒥᐊᖅ (model umiaq), ca. 1870. Sealskin, 2 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 19 in., New Bedford Whaling Museum, 2019.79.38.On View
Not on view
Circa 1930-1970
19th Century-20th Century
