Model of a kayak
Model qayaq that was collected from Chenega by explorer Jacobsen in the 1880's and brought to the Berlin Ethnological Museum where it is currently housed.
John Johnson: Signature piece; the front catches the waves better.
Dawn Randazzo: You can see how they have used the gut parka on the qayaq to keep the water out. You can see the bear gut parka. [on the figurines] How it was put into the qayaq to make sure it was tight and no water could get in.
John Johnson: Reason why they made these models:
1. Educational Purpose or toys at a later day
2. In the beginning for spiritual reason.
John Johnson: The middle hat is the Potlatch hat where you can see for each layer you know how many potlatches they have hosted. could be Tlingit design.
John Johnson: You don't find these type of hats way up North .The middle guy's hat shows that he was a chief. (Layer on top; the bigger the layer the higher up in the ranking.)
Raymond Eric Clock: The technology developed in the area before the white man came was highly developed. From watertight baskets to specific qayaq designs.
Dawn Randazzo: You can see how they have used the gut parka on the qayaq to keep the water out. You can see the bear gut parka. [on the figurines] How it was put into the qayaq to make sure it was tight and no water could get in.
John Johnson: Reason why they made these models:
1. Educational Purpose or toys at a later day
2. In the beginning for spiritual reason.
John Johnson: The middle hat is the Potlatch hat where you can see for each layer you know how many potlatches they have hosted. could be Tlingit design.
John Johnson: You don't find these type of hats way up North .The middle guy's hat shows that he was a chief. (Layer on top; the bigger the layer the higher up in the ranking.)
Raymond Eric Clock: The technology developed in the area before the white man came was highly developed. From watertight baskets to specific qayaq designs.
Measurements: 15 x 17 x 85 cm
Weight: < 2 kg
Weight: < 2 kg
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