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Identifier
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UmiakBoat
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Title
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Umiak Model
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Description
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This is a model of a Umiak, one of two typical types of boats used by Inuits to hunt and travel. It is made of stretched hides over a wooden frame, and were used for transporting people and goods from place to place on coastlines.
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Creator
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Trey
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Date Created
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5/23/23
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Publisher
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Hood Museum of Art
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Bibliographic Citation
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"Umiak (Boat)." Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Captain Worthen Hall and Polly D. Lovewell Hall. Accession number 13.1.590. Created in Chirikof Island, Aleutian Islands, United States, North America during the 19th century.
