Kayak with a sealskin vest projecting up from the coaming
Title

Kayak with a sealskin vest projecting up from the coaming

Caption

Kayak with a sealskin vest projecting up from the coaming, The hunter could pull this up over his body to keep water from being splashed into the hull. This craft was built small enough for a boy to use so that he could aquire the skills neccessary to be a successful hunter. Western Greenland. Eskimo. 150 years old, early 19th c

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Werner Forman Archive/ The Greenland Museum

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

Reference

UMG12A31_032

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No

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