{"id":2755,"date":"2014-03-06T12:22:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T17:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?p=2755"},"modified":"2025-08-01T09:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:20:13","slug":"model-kayak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2014\/03\/model-kayak\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayak Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2014\/03\/Kayakweb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2760\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2014\/03\/Kayakweb.jpg\" alt=\"Kayakweb\" width=\"573\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This model of a kayak was made by the Yup\u2019ik people in the Kuskokwim River Valley of Alaska.\u00a0 It was collected by Moravian missionaries who worked in the area beginning in the late 1880s.\u00a0 The kayak model is made of seal hide stretched over a wooden framework.\u00a0 Traditionally, a kayak was a Yup\u2019ik hunter\u2019s most prized possession and a symbol of manhood.\u00a0 To help identify individual kayaks, men often added unique painted designs or modified the bow or stern shape of the boat.\u00a0 The Yup\u2019ik used kayaks for seal hunting, fishing, and general transportation.\u00a0 This kayak model was featured in the exhibit <i>The Yup\u2019ik Way of Life: An Alaskan People in Transition.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This model of a kayak was made by the Yup\u2019ik people in the Kuskokwim River Valley of Alaska.  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