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Whip

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Accession no.: N: 591
Title: Whip
Description: Whip, dog. Inughuit (Polar Kalaallit). Made by Karkutsiak, Qaanaaq (Thule), Kalaallit Nunaata Avannaaraua (North Greenland), 1938.
Object type: Whip
Artist: Karkutsiak
Classified name:
Current cultural affiliation: Inughuit
Former cultural affiliation: Polar Eskimo
Current place name: Kalaallit Nunaata Avannaarsua > Qaanaaq
Former place name: North Greenland > Thule
Keyword(s): Whips
Field collection:
Person: wright
Organisation: bae
Place: Kalaallit Nunaata Avannaarsua (North Greenland) > Qaanaaq (Thule)
Date: 1938
Number of items: 1
Full description:

Whip: Dog. Handle is carved from a single flattened piece of wood (pick haft - from typed register entry), which tapers towards a knob at distal end. Four U-shaped notches are carved on one side and one notch on opposite side at proximal end to accomodate the fingers. End of dehaired seal skin (bearded - from typed register entry) thong line is secured to distal end of handle with wrapping of seal skin. Line decreases in size along length (spliced three times).
Dimensions: Image:
  • at widest point) Width: 46mm
  • total - approximate) Length: 8680mm
  • Height: ?mm; diameter: ?mm; depth: ?mm