Kayak with Buoy, Two Figures, and a Seal
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
These six objects reflect the importance of hunting to Arctic peoples. For millennia, Indigenous communities have not only relied on animals for sustenance but also incorporated parts of them, such as tusks and hide,into a variety of art forms.
Some objects, like the fishing lures displayed here, were produced for personal use, while the three stone sculptures were made to be sold. Of the commercial objects, the walrus figurine and the hunters in a model kayak are naturalistic, while the sculpture of a shaman transforming into a seal is enigmatic and likely depicts a creation story.
Caption
Inuit. Kayak with Buoy, Two Figures, and a Seal, 1950–1980. Stone, wood, rawhide bands, bone remnants, a (kayak): 1 1/2 x 2 x 14 in. (3.8 x 5.1 x 35.6 cm) b (buoy): 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 5/8 in. (3.2 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm) c (figure one): 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (6.4 x 3.2 x 4.4 cm) d (figure two): 2 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. (6.7 x 3.2 x 4.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Hilda and Al Schein Collection, 2004.79.17a-g. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2004.79.17a-g.jpg)
Gallery
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Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Culture
Title
Kayak with Buoy, Two Figures, and a Seal
Date
1950–1980
Geography
Place made: Canada
Medium
Stone, wood, rawhide bands, bone remnants
Classification
Dimensions
a (kayak): 1 1/2 x 2 x 14 in. (3.8 x 5.1 x 35.6 cm) b (buoy): 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 5/8 in. (3.2 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm) c (figure one): 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (6.4 x 3.2 x 4.4 cm) d (figure two): 2 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. (6.7 x 3.2 x 4.8 cm)
Credit Line
Hilda and Al Schein Collection
Accession Number
2004.79.17a-g
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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