Kayak
Item number 1158/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Dark brown skin kayak over wood frame. Prow has different coloured skin. Wood framed and screwed rim over cockpit. Skin on inside of cockpit is tied to sides of wooden frame with sinew. Skin straps across the deck in front and behind cockpit are screwed on. Short angled piece of antler(?) tied with skin at one side of wooden cockpit frame.
Narrative
This kayak was built at the Northwest Territories Pavilion at Expo '86 in Vancouver, BC. The NWT government wanted to donate the kayak to MOA following Expo '86, after it was launched in False Creek on August 2 during Baffin Island month. One of the makers is thought to be Elijah Erkloo, former Mayor of Pond Inlet and member of the Northwest Territories legislative assemblies. Elijah is shown on the back of the 1974 Canadian $2 bill in an Inuit hunting scene.
Item History
- Made by Elijah Erkloo (Maker) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during 1986
- Owned by Northwest Territories Pavilion before October 17, 1986
- Received from Northwest Territories Pavilion (Donor) on October 17, 1986
What
- Name
- Kayak
- Identification Number
- 1158/1
- Type of Item
- kayak
- Material
- seal skin ?, wood, metal, sinew and antler ?
- Overall
- height 0.3 m, width 0.8 m, depth 6.4 m
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Creator
- Elijah Erkloo (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Northwest Territories Pavilion
- Received from
- Northwest Territories Pavilion (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- during 1986
- Ownership Date
- before October 17, 1986
- Acquisition Date
- on October 17, 1986
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 47
- Accession Number
- 1158/0001
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