Seal Hunter in Kayak

Object/Artifact

DPR Collections

Sculpture

Name/Title

Seal Hunter in Kayak

Description

Outstanding argillite carving of a seal hunter in his kayak, including a number of tools of wood and bone lashed to the kayak with thin leather strips, and an argillite seal.

Made/Created

Place

Island

Belcher Islands

State/Province

Nunavut

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Subarctic and Arctic

Culture/Tribe

Inuit

First Nation, Native American

Dimensions

Height

2-3/4 in

Width

2 in

Length

16 in

Materials

Material

Stone - Argillite, Wood, Leather, Bone, Cotton Thread

Material Notes

The kayak is carved from one piece of grey-green argillite. The man is carved from a piece of green argillite and the seal is carved from an argillite with dark grey and green bands. The paddle and several implements are of wood. The harpoon has a wood handle and a bone head lashed on with black cotton thread and a long thin strip of leather. There are leather strips lashing down the implements.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Catherine J. Carroll

Notes

This piece was part of the collection inherited by Bob and Wilma Burrows from Dr. Carroll.