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HUNTING BY KAYAK: THE KAYAK: AN EFFECTIVE HUNTING SYSTEM
HUNTING BY KAYAK|  THE KAYAK: AN EFFECTIVE HUNTING SYSTEM | HUNTING EQUIPMENT | GAME
Kayak Sculptures | Paddle | Harpoon | Harpoon-Line Rack | Sealskin Float | Drag | Lance | Pronged Spear & Throwing Board | Gaff | Fish Spear

Hudson Straight Kayak HC2363a, fully equipped, with harpoon-line rack 994.30.1

 Harpoon-Line Rack
Made of wood, bone, sealskin, sinew
Made by Simon Qamanirq
and Andrew Oyukuluk
From Arctic Bay, Baffin Island
Dating to 1994
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Detail of harpoon-line rack: Sculpture of Kayak, 997.22.61.1-9
Detail of harpoon-line rack on kayak
Sculpture made of ivory and skin
Attributed to Etuangat Aksayook
From Pangnirtung, Baffin Island
Dating to 1940-1942
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Harpoon-Line Rack

The coiled sealskin rope was positioned on the deck or on a harpoon-line rack in front of the cockpit. A short projection off the side of the rack held the butt end of the harpoon. When a harpoon hit an animal, the rope attached to the harpoon head uncoiled from the rack and the float was thrown into the water.



 
 
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