Souvenir Umiak Model
Unidentified Kalaallit (West Greenlandic Inuit) maker
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
about 1935
Hide, wood, commercial thread
Overall: 3 9/16 × 6 3/8 × 28 13/16 in. (9.1 × 16.2 × 73.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of David C. Nutt, Class of 1941
159.9.14388
Geography
Place Made: Southwest region, Greenland, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Model
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by David C. Nutt (1919-2008, Dartmouth Class of 1941; Arctic Specialist, Dartmouth College Museum, 1947-1955; Research Associate, Geography Department, 1955-1976), given to present collection, 1959.
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