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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 gaff HC3030

 Gaff
Made of wood, metal, ivory, sinew
From South Baffin Island
Dating to the early 20th century
Gift of Reverend A.L. Fleming
HC 3030
Gaff Sculpture, 997.22.82
Gaff Sculpture, 997.22.83
Gaffs
Sculptures made of ivory
From Pangnirtung, Baffin Island
Dating to 1933-1942
997.22.82, 997.22.83

Gaff

Gaffs were used to manoeuvre kayaks through ice fields and to retrieve the bodies of animals successfully captured.

 



 
 
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