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Kayak Type Collection No Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.)
Bering Strait Cape Prince of Wales
00232 Bering Strait USNM 160344 1888 548.6 50.8 22.9 13.8
Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska 17'
11." 20" 9.0" 30.4
Metric 548.6 50.8 22.9 13.8
Average: English 17' 11." 20" 9.0" 30.4
Number 1 1 1 1
00011 Bering Strait AMNH 60.1/5991 456 66.6 30
Cape Prince of Wales 14'
11." 26.2" 11."
00092 Bering Strait AMNH NN 454.6 58.2 31.5
14' 10." 22.9" 12."
00236 Bering Strait Green 1959:28, 24, 25 mid 1900s
Shishmaref, Bering Strait, Alaska
00187 Bering Strait SJM II.Y.34a 439.8 62.5
Kotzebue Sound (Cape Espenberg) 14'
5.1" 24.6"
00231 Bering Strait USNM 129575 1888 436.9 61 33
Cape Espenberg, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska 14'
4.0" 24.0" 12."
Metric 446.8 62.1 31.5
Average: English 14' 7.9" 24.4" 12."
Number 4 4 3 0
00216 Bering Strait MM BF-32 before 1928 551.2 66 48.3 43.6
18' 1.0" 25.9" 19." 96.1
00217 Bering Strait MS Accession #39.312 548.6 73.7
17' 11." 29.0"
Metric 549.9 69.9 48.3 43.6
Average: English 18' 6.4" 27.5" 19." 96.1
Number 2 2 1 1
00182 North Alaska AHM 69.89.1
Metric
Average: English
Number 0 0 0 0
00188 Cape Kruzenstern SJM II.Y.33 534.5 47.1 20 13.61
Attributed to Kotzebue Sound (Cape Krusenstern) 17'
6.4" 18.5" 7.8" 30.0
Metric 534.5 47.1 20.0 13.6
Average: English 17' 6.4" 18.5" 7.8" 30.0
Number 1 1 1 1
00025 Point Hope MHI ACC #1790
00174 Point Hope TBMM NN3
00175 Point Hope TBMM NN4
00238 Point Hope UPM North Alaska Retrieval Kayak 291.5 59 19.4 11.3
Point Hope/Point Barrow retreival type 9'
6.7" 23.2" 7.6" 24.9
Metric 291.5 59.0 19.4 11.3
Average: English 9' 6.7" 23.2" 7.6" 24.9
Number 1 1 1 1
00112 Point Barrow LM 2-6349 pre 1898 525.6 47.8 24 12
17' 2.9" 18.8" 9.4" 26.4
00239 Point Barrow USNM 57773 1888 525.8 47 19.7
Point Barrow, Alaska 17'
3.0" 18.5" 7.7"
Metric 525.7 47.4 21.9 12.0
Average: English 17' 2.9" 18.6" 8.6" 26.4
Number 2 2 2 1
00184 Nunamiut JA72-78-1 1972 585.5 59.3
Nunamiut (Made for UAM) 19'
2.5" 23.3"
Metric 585.5 59.3
Average: English 19' 2.5" 23.3"
Number 1 1 0 0
00192 Mackenzie Eskimo Armstrong 1857: 182 185? 503 20.412
Mackenzie Delta 16'
6.0" 45.0
00240 Mackenzie Eskimo DNM P31:64a 1924 443.4 49.4 15
Mackenzie Delta (Shingle Point) 14'
6.5" 19.4" 33.0
00194 Mackenzie Eskimo Jenness 1946: 140 1914 477.5 49.5 16.5
Mackenzie Delta 15'
7.9" 19.4" 6.4"
00193 Mackenzie Eskimo Jenness 1946: 140 1914 482.6 45.7 20.3
Mackenzie Delta 15'
9.9" 17.9" 7.9"
00205 Mackenzie Eskimo MAI 8/2723 1917-1918 487.5 48.5 24.5
15' 11." 19.0" 9.6"
00134 Mackenzie Eskimo NMM IV-D-1058 1913-16 421.6 50.8 20.3 14.5
Mackenzie Eskimo, Mackenzie River, N.W.T., Canada 13'
9.9" 20" 7.9" 31.9
00135 Mackenzie Eskimo NMM IV-D-2002 375.9 50 22.5 11.8
12' 3.9" 19.6" 8.8" 26.0
00133 Mackenzie Eskimo NMM IV-D-2039 c. 1900 501 48.2 24 14.515
16' 5.2" 18.9" 9.4" 31.9
Metric 461.6 48.9 21.4 15.2
Average: English 15' 7.7" 19.2" 8.4" 33.6
Number 8 7 6 5
00196 Copper Eskimo Adney & Chapelle 1963: 203, fig. 575.3 47 19.1
Coronation Gulf 18'
10." 18.5" 7.5"
00245 Copper Eskimo DNM P30:161 1921-24 605 47
Copper Eskimo, Tree River or Bernard Harbour, N.W.T. 19'
10." 18.5"
00195 Copper Eskimo Jenness 1946: 139-141 1914 657.9 39.4 17.8
21' 7.0" 15.5" 7.0"
00123 Copper Eskimo NMM IV-D-1057 1913-16 708.7 38.1 20.3 18.6
Victoria Island, N.W.T., Canada 23'
3.0" 15" 7.9" 41.0
Metric 636.7 42.9 19.1 18.6
Average: English 20' 7.6" 16.8" 7.5" 41.0
Number 4 4 3 1
00249 Netsilik Eskimo Adney & Chapelle 1964: 203, fig. 551.2 46.4 20
King William Island, N.W.T., Canada 18'
1.0" 18.2" 7.8"
00247 Netsilik Eskimo DNM P 29:550 1921-24 711 41
Netsilik Eskimo, King William Island, N.W.T. 23'
3.9" 16.1"
00246 Netsilik Eskimo DNM P 29:551 1921-24 613 42
Netsilik Eskimo, King William Island, N.W.T. 20'
1.3" 16.5"
00126 Netsilik Eskimo NMM IV-C-3356 1961 629.9 59.1 19.1
Pelly Bay, N.W.T. 20'
7.9" 23.2" 42.1
00125 Netsilik Eskimo NMM IV-C-4542 1971
00248 Netsilik Eskimo NMM IV-C-4542 1972
Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.
00127 Netsilik Eskimo NMM IV-C-4546 1975
Pelly Bay, N.W.T., Canada
00124 Netsilik Eskimo NMM IV-C-708a 1913 - March 617.2 16.3
Netsilik Eskimo, west of Repulse Bay 20'
2.9" 35.9
00242 Netsilik Eskimo OUEM 16139 Oct 1903 and 639 45.5 27.2
At Gjøa Haven on southern coast of King William
Island. 20'
11." 17.9" 10."
00243 Netsilik Eskimo OUEM 16140 Oct 1903 and 616 45 26
At Gjøa Haven on southern coast of King William
Island. 20'
2.5" 17.7" 10."
00241 Netsilik Eskimo OUEM 16141 Oct 1903 and 588.5 46.5 23.5
At Gjøa Haven on southern coast of King William
Island. 19'
3.6" 18.3" 9.2"
Metric 620.7 46.5 24.2 17.7
Average: English 20' 4.3" 18.3" 9.5" 39.0
Number 8 7 4 2
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