Sample : Ethonology/History, Fine Arts/Decorative Arts, Science/Technology
| Field Name |
Value |
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| Institution |
Avataq Cultural Institute |
| Accession Number |
AV.2004.0018 |
| Object Category |
Distribution & Transportation Artifacts |
| Object Sub-category |
Water Transportation Equipment |
| Object Name |
kayak |
| Alternate Object Name |
qajaq |
| Quantity |
1 |
| Additional Associations |
AV.2004.0017 |
| Artist/Maker |
Ningiuruvik, Maasiu Ipuaraapik |
| Artist/Maker Other Names |
Matthew |
| Begin Date |
1955 L |
| End Date |
1966 P |
| Period |
3rd quarter of the 20th century |
| Unit Linear |
cm |
| Height |
45.8 |
| Width |
63.5 |
| Length |
693.5 |
| Material |
skin, bearded seal; sinew, beluga; wood; metal |
| Technique |
stretched; sewn, hand; cut; trimmed; bent; nailed; assembled |
| Description |
A sea kayak with a flat bottom longer and more tapered than a river kayak or a lake kayak. |
| Narrative |
"In 1966, Masiu Ningiuruvik wants to buy a canoe, and he sells his qajaq, the last one in use in Kangiqsujuaq, to Bernard
Saladin d'Anglure, who is in the community for research purposes. Mr. Saladin d'Anglure puts the qajaq on the ship going south
and brings it to the University of Montreal, where he is a student that year (he will change to Laval University afterwards).
During the next 34 years, the qajaq rests on a high shelf at the Anthropology Department collection reserve on Jean-Brillant
Street in Montreal. In 2001, the qajaq is exhibited four months in the Tumivut exhibit organized by Avataq in old Montreal.
In 2003, the project of a Visitor Centre for the Pingualuit Park is planned, and the park's cultural committee is in favour
of thee return of the qajaq to its original community. In winter 2004, an official request is sent to the university who,
after several meetings of professors, accepts to donate it to the Nunavik Inuit Art Collection, managed by Avataq in the name
of the Nunavimmiut."
Makivik magazine, Winter 2004-2005, Issue 71, p.13.
Since October 19, 2004, the qajaq is back in the community.
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| Originating Continent |
North America |
| Originating Country |
Canada |
| Originating Province |
Quebec |
| Originating City |
Kangiqsujuaq |
| Culture |
inuit |
| Geographic Cultural Area |
Nunavik |
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