Qamutik
A model of a dog team pulling a sled. The hunter wears clothing made of seal skin. Dogsleds enabled hunters to travel far out onto the ice in pursuit of such game as polar bears. Today the snowmobile has largely replaced the dogsled.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E804
- Collection Class
- Toys dolls and games
- Collection Area Region
- North America
- Material
- wood | vegetable fibre string | cloth | seal skin |
- Common Name
- qamutik
- Simple Name
- sled
- Production Town
- Production County
- Nunavut, Hudson Bay
- Production Country
- Canada
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
- 1868
