Model of Inuit kajak
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87th Tribal Art AuctionModel of Inuit kajak
Canada, Greenland, Inuit
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Danish Private Collection (early 20th century) | L: 25.6 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
corpus from wood, covered with animal skin in one piece and sewn on top, prow and stern adorned with bone, removable half figure of a hunter with clothing, detailed representation of equipment for seal and whale hunting (harpoons, knife, rope), prey (from cedar wood) at the prow, slightly dam. (prey), seam partly loosened, harpoon rep., cord fixing renewed in some areas