Kayak Comparative
Arctic Kayak Database David W. Zimmerly
Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00021 Koryak AMNH 70/3358 1901 281 75.1 16.5
Gr. Itkana Koryak 9' 2.6" 29.5" 6.4"
00031 Koryak Jochelson 1908:539, fig.83. 1900-01 269 75 28 15
Unknown 8' 9.9" 29.5" 11." 33.0
00030 Koryak MAE 956-49 1900-01 258.5 72 19 15
Collected by Waldemar Jochelson. 8' 5.7" 28.3" 7.4" 33.0
00033 Koryak MEP 11413 D 1910 322.5 71 34.5 19.15
Probably collected by Waldemar Jochelson 10' 6.9" 27.9" 13." 42.2
00115 Chukchi/Asiatic Eskimo MAE 407-42a 1898 422 53
Anadyr region. 13' 10." 20.8"
00029 Chukchi/Asiatic Eskimo MEP 2083-61 a 1904-07 489.5 49.4 23.5 12
Anadyr Bay region, Siberia. 16' .71" 19.4" 9.2" 26.4
00219 Chukchi/Asiatic Eskimo EMS 1880.4 Vega 5178 1880 475 59.5 31
15' 7.0" 23.4" 12."
00117 Chukchi/Asiatic Eskimo EMS 1880.4.1255 1880 462.7 62.7 28
North coast of Chukotka, Siberia. 15' 2.1" 24.6" 11."
00013 Aleut AMNH 60/6274 536 58.3
Unalaska 17' 7.0" 22.9"
00037 Aleut BM PE.10 (Brand survey) 528.3 49.5 32.4
Aleutian Islands, Alaska 17' 3.9" 19.4" 12."
00041 Aleut CNM 12212 1800-50 546.1 44.5 11.43
unknown 17' 11." 17.5" 4.5"
00044 Aleut CNM 30610 562 47 27
unknown 18' 5.2" 18.5" 10."
00039 Aleut CNM 30611 540 53 33
Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands 17' 8.5" 20.8" 12."
00220 Aleut Cook and King 1785:513-5 (Vol. 1778 365.76 45.72
Unalaska, Aleutian Islands 12' 0" 18"
00034 Aleut Cook and King 1785:513-515 (Vol. 1778 365.8 45.7 30.5
Unalaska, Aleutian Islands 12' .01" 17.9" 12."
00040 Aleut FNM 228 before 1847 540.5 44.4 26
Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands 17' 8.7" 17.4" 10."
00023 Aleut LM 2/14886 1934 509.5 51.7 22 12
Atka Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 16' 8.5" 20.3" 8.6" 26.4
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00045 Aleut MAE 593-76 1845 581.4 43.4 21.2 20
Akun Island, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands 19' .89" 17.0" 8.3" 44.0
00043 Aleut MAE Ac 1845 558.6 43.2 19.7 20
Akun Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 18' 3.9" 17.0" 7.7" 44.0
00036 Aleut MEP 10390; Prov. VIII 10/253a; 1910-11 525.5 48.9 27 15
Prob. collected by Jochelson in Kamchatka area 17' 2.8" 19.2" 10." 33.0
00046 Aleut Taylor 1962:47 1948 610.4 55.9
Nikolski, Umnak, Aleutian Islands - measurements by 20' .31" 22.0"
00035 Aleut Taylor 1962:47. 1948 487.7 54.6
Atka, Aleutian Islands. W.S. Laughlin recorded 16' .00" 21.4"
00038 Aleut USNM 76282 1894 539.7 50.8 29.5 15
Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 17' 8.4" 20" 11." 33.0
00042 Aleut von Langsdorff 1812 1803-07 548.6 53.3 41.9
Unalaska, Aleutian Islands 17' 11." 20.9" 16."
00085 Aleut AMNH 60/6273 A-B; ROOP 677 53
22' 2.5" 20.8"
00086 Aleut AMNH 60/6275 <=1909 621 60.4 30
20' 4.4" 23.7" 11."
00016 Aleut AMNH NN2 657 59.1
21' 6.6" 23.2"
00047 Aleut CNM 30612 675 60 38
Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands 22' 1.7" 23.6" 14."
00048 Aleut EMS 1933.7.1 1932 630.5 58.9 31
Aleutian Islands 20' 8.2" 23.1" 12."
00185 Aleut SJM III.X.20 627 57.5
20' 6.8" 22.6"
00050 Aleut USNM 160330 1892 614.7 59.7 27.9 27
Aleutian Islands 20' 2.0" 23.5" 10." 59.5
00119 Aleut USNM 160336 1889 627.4 55.9 30.5 16
Unalaska, Alaska 20' 7.0" 22.0" 12." 35.2
00051 Aleut USNM 76280 1892 635 61 30.5
Unalaska, Alaska - collected by U.S. Steamer 20' 9.9" 24.0" 12."
00052 Aleut CNM 910 840 84 40
Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands 27' 6.7" 33.0" 15."
00055 Aleut MEP 6780-23 1910? 722 63.3 36
Aleut 23' 8.2" 24.9" 14."
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00053 Aleut USNM 76281 1892 701 63.5 36.8
Unalaska, Alaska 22' 11." 25" 14."
00054 Aleut USNM 76821 1885 751.8 76.2 25.4
Aleut 24' 7.9" 30" 10"
00200 Pacific Eskimo MAI 8/2716 439.4 70.5 34.9
14' 4.9" 27.7" 13."
00088 Pacific Eskimo AMNH NN
00201 Pacific Eskimo MAI 8/2920
Bristol Bay, Alaska
00056 Koniag DNM Ib 160 1851 435 63 25.5
Kodiak Island, Alaska 14' 3.2" 24.8" 10."
00058 Koniag Lisiansky 1814:212 1805 442 71.1 30.5
Kodiak Island, Alaska 14' 6.0" 27.9" 12."
00163 Koniag PMHU 1619 1867-68 445.2 70 24.5
14' 7.2" 27.5" 9.6"
00251 Koniag PMHU 1619 1867-68 445.2 70.6
14' 7.2" 27.7"
00057 Koniag USNM 160329 1882 417.8 68.6 33.7
Kodiak Island, Alaska 13' 8.4" 27.0" 13."
00183 Koniag AHM NN2 627 91 54.43
Sand Point 20' 6.8" 35.8" 119.
00059 Koniag Lisiansky 1814:212 1805 596.9 73.7 33
Kodiak Island, Alaska 19' 6.9" 29.0" 12."
00076 Koniag WSHS (A & C, FIG. 179) 596.3 74.9 31.8
Southern Alaska (probably Prince William Sound) 19' 6.7" 29.4" 12."
00162 Koniag BMK A56-1a b. 1956 767 79
25' 1.9" 31.1"
00062 Koniag MAE 536-24 1803-06 807 78.4 42
Kodiak Island, Alaska 26' 5.7" 30.8" 16."
00061 Koniag MAE probably MAE 536-24 1805 810.3 81.3 36.1
Kodiak Island, Alaska 26' 7.0" 32.0" 14."
00064 Koniag MMTU NN1 1850s
Kodiak type
00179 Koniag SHTS NN1 650 75.3
21' 3.9" 29.6"
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00063 Koniag UBM C4785 c.1857 690 78
Kodiak type 22' 7.6" 30.7"
00060 Koniag von Langsdorff 1812 1803-07 762 73.7 47
Kodiak Island, Alaska 25' 0" 29.0" 18."
00065 Chugach Birket-Smith 1953:45 1933 645 71
Chugach Eskimo, Chenega, Alaska (Prince William 21' 1.9" 27.9"
00066 Chugach Birket-Smith 1953:46 1933 630 71
Chugach Eskimo, Chenega, Alaska (Prince William 20' 8.0" 27.9"
00322 Chugach CM L-8-69 c. 1930 613.41 73.66 33.02 36.288
Chenega, Alaska Mitch Poling 20' 1.5" 29" 13" 80.0
00028 Bering Sea MHI ACC #513 1952 479 71 26
Donated by Clyde B. Day, 1952 15' 8.5" 27.9" 10."
00067 Bristol Bay MAE 593-92 1842 454 68.5
Aglemiut (Bristol Bay region) 14' 10." 26.9"
00069 Bristol Bay USNM 76284 1892 510.5 68.6 40.6
Togiak, Alaska 16' 8.9" 27.0" 15."
00068 Bristol Bay USNM 76285 1885 459.7 73.7 35.5
Kodiak Island, Alaska 15' .98" 29.0" 13."
00221 Nunivak Island Adney & Chapelle 1964: 199, fig.
00181 Nunivak Island AHM II-A-5024 442.5 75.5 25.5 26.8756
Nunivak Island, Alaska 14' 6.2" 29.7" 10." 59.2
00295 Nunivak Island ASM II-A-5024 478.155 76.2 25.4 26.8758
15' 8.2" 30" 10" 59.2
00005 Nunivak Island CMC IV-E-1071 1976 460.7 78 23.8 25
Hooper Bay, Alaska 15' 1.3" 30.7" 9.3" 55.1
00071 Nunivak Island DNM P33:10a c.1924 489.2
Nunivak Island, Alaska 16' .59"
00107 Nunivak Island LM N/N 481 34
15' 9.3" 74.9
00203 Nunivak Island MAI 16/1715 1928
St. Michael, Alaska
00176 Nunivak Island TBMM 2-150 1898 72
St. Michaels 28.3"
00177 Nunivak Island TBMM NN5
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00073 Nunivak Island UPM NA 1200 1905
Nunivak Island, Alaska
00075 Nunivak Island USNM 160341 1892 455.9 76.2 40
Nunivak Island, Alaska 14' 11." 30" 15."
00072 Nunivak Island USNM 160345, Peabody 1892 490.2 72.4 40.6
Nunivak Island, Alaska 16' .99" 28.5" 15."
00074 Nunivak Island USNM 160415 1889 457.2 71.1
Nunivak Island, Alaska 15' 0" 27.9"
00120 Nunivak Island USNM 76283 1892 464.8 76.2 45.7
Nunivak Island 15' 2.9" 30" 17."
00070 Nunivak Island YRM NN1 >1950 464 73 21 24.5
Hooper Bay, Alaska 15' 2.6" 28.7" 8.2" 54.0
00166 Norton Sound BM PE.9 511.8 64.8 40.6 18.1
16' 9.4" 25.5" 15." 39.9
00110 Norton Sound LM 2-1674 c1895 522.4 71.8 40 40
Mouth of Yukon River 17' 1.6" 28.2" 15." 88.1
00202 Norton Sound MAI 8/2720 before 1918
St. Michael Island, Alaska
00178 Norton Sound TBMM NN6 67
26.3"
00214 Norton Sound UPM NA 1201 1905 506 67 36.5
16' 7.2" 26.3" 14."
00167 Norton Sound USNM 160175 517.7 59.7 30
16' 11." 23.5" 66.1
00222 Norton Sound USNM 160327 1889 518.2 62.9 33.7
Unalaklik, Alaska (60 miles N. from St. Michaels) 17' .01" 24.7" 13."
00224 Norton Sound USNM 160331 1883 452.1 63.5 30.5
St. Michaels, Norton Sound, Alaska 14' 9.9" 25" 12."
00223 Norton Sound USNM 160337 1889 487.7 67.3 33 18.1
Kusilvak, Alaska (north of the Yukon River in Norton 16' .00" 26.4" 12." 39.9
00225 Norton Sound USNM 160380 (formerly 166932) 1888 509.3 69.9 30.5
St. Michael, Norton Sound, Alaska 16' 8.5" 27.5" 12."
00180 Bering Strait AHM 77.51.1 475.3 67.2 24.8 36.74
15' 7.1" 26.4" 9.7" 80.9
00091 Bering Strait AMNH NN 360.5 59 29
11' 9.9" 23.2" 11."
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00001 Bering Strait AMNH NN3 482.5 66.4 35.5
15' 9.9" 26.1" 13."
00106 Bering Strait LM 2-39745 458.5 60.2 25 31
Probably old style King Island according to John 15' .51" 23.7" 9.8" 68.3
00108 Bering Strait LM 2-9202 1908 469 67.7 20.5 29
15' 4.6" 26.6" 8.0" 63.9
00237 Bering Strait MM BU 5 (formerly USNM 129574) 1888 526.4 46.355 20.32 11.6
Cape Krusenstern, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska 17' 3.2" 18.2" 8" 25.5
00244 Bering Strait USNM 129573 1888 533.4 48.3 19.1
Cape Blossom, Alaska 17' 6" 19.0" 7.5"
00090 Bering Strait AMNH NN 448 63.3 32
14' 8.3" 24.9" 12."
00121 Bering Strait CMC IV-E-1069 c. 1915 433.1 63.8 24 23.6
14' 2.5" 25.1" 9.4" 52.0
00122 Bering Strait CMC IV-E-898 1913-16 434.3 55.9 36.8 18.8
King Island type (collected in Diomede Islands, Alaska) 14' 2.9" 22.0" 14." 41.4
00227 Bering Strait DNM Hb. 221 442 58 24.4
14' 6.0" 22.8" 9.6"
00229 Bering Strait EMS 1880. 4. 1206 1880 460.7 64.6 35
Bering Strait, Port Clarence, Alaska 15' 1.3" 25.4" 13."
00226 Bering Strait HMA 59- 448 1958 442 73 26
Bering Strait, Shishmaref, Alaska 14' 6.0" 28.7" 10."
00103 Bering Strait LM 2-3001 1901 447 66.2 21.5 28
King Island 14' 7.9" 26.0" 8.4" 61.7
00105 Bering Strait LM 2-6348 p. 1908 457.5 62.9 22.5 27
Probably King Island or vicinity. 15' .11" 24.7" 8.8" 59.5
00204 Bering Strait MAI 8/2719 1918 427.5 59.7 34
King Island, Alaska 14' .30" 23.5" 13."
00026 Bering Strait MHI ACC #1324 1956 or 1957 487.68
Donor - Thomas Paul 16' 0"
00228 Bering Strait MS 65.903 (accession number) 459.7 71.1
15' .98" 27.9"
00235 Bering Strait Photo loaned from Dr. Louis
00234 Bering Strait Photo loaned from Dr. Louis
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00170 Bering Strait ROM HC 4353 1939 431.8
14' 2.0"
00215 Bering Strait RTW 1 1928 452.4 64.3 24.5 16.8
King Island, Alaska 14' 10." 25.3" 9.6" 37.0
00186 Bering Strait SJM NN1
00172 Bering Strait TBMM NN1
00173 Bering Strait TBMM NN2
00230 Bering Strait UPM NA 1202 1905 410 63 49.2
King Island type (said to come from Nunivak Island) 13' 5.4" 24.8" 19."
00218 Bering Strait USNM 160326 1888 467.4 64.8 38.7 19.5
King Island, Alaska 15' 4.0" 25.5" 15." 42.9
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
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."
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"
00182 North Alaska AHM 69.89.1
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
00025 Point Hope MHI ACC #1790
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00174 Point Hope TBMM NN3
00175 Point Hope TBMM NN4
00238 Point Hope UPM North Alaska Retrieval 291.5 59 19.4 11.3
Point Hope/Point Barrow retreival type 9' 6.7" 23.2" 7.6" 24.9
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"
00184 Nunamiut JA72-78-1 1972 585.5 59.3
Nunamiut (Made for UAM) 19' 2.5" 23.3"
00192 Mackenzie Eskimo Armstrong 1857: 182 185? 503 20.412
Mackenzie Delta 16' 6.0" 45.0
00134 Mackenzie Eskimo CMC 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 CMC IV-D-2002 375.9 50 22.5 11.8
12' 3.9" 19.6" 8.8" 26.0
00133 Mackenzie Eskimo CMC IV-D-2039 c. 1900 501 48.2 24 14.515
16' 5.2" 18.9" 9.4" 31.9
00240 Mackenzie Eskimo DNM P31:64a 1924 443.4 49.4 15
Mackenzie Delta (Shingle Point) 14' 6.5" 19.4" 33.0
00193 Mackenzie Eskimo Jenness 1946: 140 1914 482.6 45.7 20.3
Mackenzie Delta 15' 9.9" 17.9" 7.9"
00194 Mackenzie Eskimo Jenness 1946: 140 1914 477.5 49.5 16.5
Mackenzie Delta 15' 7.9" 19.4" 6.4"
00205 Mackenzie Eskimo MAI 8/2723 1917-1918 487.5 48.5 24.5
15' 11." 19.0" 9.6"
00123 Copper Eskimo CMC 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
00245 Copper Eskimo DNM P30:161 1921-24 605 47
Copper Eskimo, Tree River or Bernard Harbour, 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"
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"
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00126 Netsilik Eskimo CMC IV-C-3356 1961 629.9 59.1 19.1
Pelly Bay, N.W.T. 20' 7.9" 23.2" 42.1
00248 Netsilik Eskimo CMC IV-C-4542 1972
Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.
00127 Netsilik Eskimo CMC IV-C-4546 1975 600 60
Pelly Bay, N.W.T., Canada 19' 8.2" 23.6"
00124 Netsilik Eskimo CMC IV-C-708a 1913 - March 617.2 16.3
Netsilik Eskimo, west of Repulse Bay 20' 2.9" 35.9
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"
00242 Netsilik Eskimo OUEM 16139 Oct 1903 & 639 45.5 27.2
At Gjøa Haven on southern coast of King William 20' 11." 17.9" 10."
00243 Netsilik Eskimo OUEM 16140 Oct 1903 & 616 45 26
At Gjøa Haven on southern coast of King William 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 19' 3.6" 18.3" 9.2"
00310 Iglulik Eskimo (before ) DNM P27:221a 1921-23 560 59
Iglulik (Qajuvfik) 18' 4.4" 23.2"
00197 Iglulik Eskimo (before ) Lyon 1824: 320-323 1821 762 53.3 25.4 25
25' 0" 20.9" 10" 55.1
00196 Caribou Eskimo Adney & Chapelle 1963: 203, fig. 575.3 47 19.1
Coronation Gulf 18' 10." 18.5" 7.5"
00286 Caribou Eskimo Adney & Chapelle, p. 203, fig. 638.2 45.7 21.6
20' 11." 17.9" 8.5"
00017 Caribou Eskimo AMNH 60/459
00008 Caribou Eskimo AMNH 60/6677 A-B 1910 563 45.2
Chesterfield Inlet, NWT 18' 5.6" 17.7"
00114 Caribou Eskimo BM 1 c1900 675.6 47.6 24.8
West of Hudson Bay 22' 1.9" 18.7" 9.7"
00168 Caribou Eskimo BM 1900:4.11:1 (PE 7) <1900 735.3 46 27.9
West of Hudson's Bay 24' 1.4" 18.1" 10."
00153 Caribou Eskimo CMC 76/13/87 (loan from < 1976 596.9 45.7 26.7 13.2
19' 6.9" 17.9" 10." 29.1
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00289 Caribou Eskimo Lofthouse 1922:128
00093 Caribou Eskimo AMNH 60/3547 <1901 841 45.8 27.5
Chesterfield Inlet, NWT, CANADA 27' 7.1" 18.0" 10."
00198 Caribou Eskimo Boas 1901: 76-80 pre 1901 860 47 30 16.3
28' 2.5" 18.5" 11." 35.9
00284 Caribou Eskimo CMC IV-C-4120 1968 792.5 51.4 27.3 18.6
Caribou Eskimo (Qairnirmiut), Baker Lake, N.W.T. 26' .00" 20.2" 10." 41.0
00285 Caribou Eskimo CMC IV-C-3638 1968 844.6 44.5 29.2
Caribou Eskimo (Harvaqturmiut), Baker Lake, N.W.T. 27' 8.5" 17.5" 11."
00283 Caribou Eskimo CMC IV-C-4121 1968 617.2 45.7 28.6 18.1
Harvaqturmiut, Baker Lake 20' 2.9" 17.9" 11." 39.9
00250 Caribou Eskimo DNM P 28:123 1921-24 549 39 25 15
Harvaqturmiut, Caribou Eskimo, lower Kazan River 18' .14" 15.3" 9.8" 33.0
00288 Caribou Eskimo DNM P 28:124 1921-24 644.8425 44.1325 25.08
Harvaqturmiut, lower Kazan River, N.W.T., Canada 21' 1.8" 17.3" 9.8"
00113 Caribou Eskimo BM 1900:4-11:2 1900 561 53.5 25.5
West Coast of Hudson's Bay 18' 4.8" 21.0" 10."
00129 Caribou Eskimo CMC IV-C-3634 1967 842 46.4 28.6 20.9
Baker Lake, N.W.T. 27' 7.4" 18.2" 11." 46.0
00128 Caribou Eskimo CMC IV-C-834a 1914 701.05 45.75 30.5 23.1
Padlirmiut, Caribou Eskimo, N .W.T. 23' .00" 18.0" 12." 50.9
00252 Caribou Eskimo MLV 1 1955 473 51
Ennadai Lake, N.W.T., Canada 15' 6.2" 20.0"
00287 Caribou Eskimo MLV No. 39593 1956
Ennaday Lake, N.W.T., Canada
00199 Caribou Eskimo UWDA Taylor 1962: 32, 53 c 1952 459.7 50.2 25.4
Padlimiut Caribou, north shore of Ennadai Lake 15' .98" 19.7" 10"
00304 Eastern Arctic Adney & Chapelle, p. 175, fig. 1700s 655.3 64.8 21
21' 5.9" 25.5" 8.2"
00155 Eastern Arctic CMC IV-C-4550 614.7 67.3 21.6 33.1
20' 2.0" 26.4" 8.5" 72.9
00291 Eastern Arctic MM BF-25 1936 (date of 652.8 62.2 38.1 40.8
21' 5.0" 24.4" 15" 89.9
00290 Eastern Arctic MM BF-9 1935 (date of 637.1 66 40.6 40.8
Unknown 20' 10." 25.9" 15." 89.9
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00293 Coast of Labrador Brantenberg 1971 1971 659.1 70.2 29.5
Nain, Coast of Labrador 21' 7.4" 27.6" 11."
00292 Coast of Labrador DNM Pb.1 1851 619.76
Hopedale, Labrador 20' 3.9"
00207 Coast of Labrador MAI 16/3652 1929
Hebron, Labrador
00254 Coast of Labrador NM 4177 836.9 68.6 24.2
Coast of Labrador 27' 5.4" 27.0" 9.5"
00255 Coast of Labrador NM 4180 668.02 62.2 22.9
Coast of Labrador 21' 11." 24.4" 9.0"
00300 Hudson & Davis Straits Adney & Chapelle, p. 205, fig. 567.1 50.8 19.1
Vicinity of Southhampton Island, Nunavut, Canada 18' 7.2" 20" 7.5"
00019 Hudson & Davis Straits AMNH 60/1112 1896 596 59.4 19 27.7
Cumberland Sound 19' 6.6" 23.3" 7.4" 61.0
00083 Hudson & Davis Straits AMNH 60/1117 1896 643.5 62.2 23.5
Savage Islands, Hudson Strait 21' 1.3" 24.4" 9.2"
00144 Hudson & Davis Straits CMC IV-B-1445 1968 457.2 61 16.8 20
Payne Bay 15' 0" 24.0" 6.6" 44.0
00298 Hudson & Davis Straits CMC IV-B-1445 a-e (68/46/29)(29) 1968 457.2 61 16.8
Payne Bay, P.Q., Canada 15' 0" 24.0" 6.6"
00141 Hudson & Davis Straits CMC IV-B-1474a, b; (IV-X-215) 1940s 696 54.4
Ungava Bay (?) 22' 10." 119.
00143 Hudson & Davis Straits CMC IV-B-1619 1974 548.6 72.4 24.8
17' 11." 28.5" 9.7"
00297 Hudson & Davis Straits CMC IV-B-1619 (74/1/1) 16 Jan 1974 548.6 72.4 24.8
Hudson Strait area 17' 11." 28.5" 9.7"
00159 Hudson & Davis Straits CMC IV-B-1620 (IV-B-318) 777.2 67.3 64.9
25' 5.9" 26.4" 143.
00160 Hudson & Davis Straits CMC IV-C-4326 1972 480 42.5
Broughton Island, NWT 15' 8.9" 16.7"
00191 Hudson & Davis Straits Haberland 1975:pl. 6 c1880 624
20' 5.6"
00206 Hudson & Davis Straits MAI 15/5150 1927
Cape Dorset, Baffin Island
00299 Hudson & Davis Straits MAI N/N 732.2 59.1 21.3
Hudson Strait, Labrador side 24' .26" 23.2" 8.3"
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00301 Hudson & Davis Straits MAI N/N 2 685.8 63.5 20.3
Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada 22' 6" 25" 7.9"
00294 Hudson & Davis Straits USNM 251693 (160346?) 1886? 665.5 59.1 22.9
Ungava Bay 21' 10." 23.2" 9.0"
00161 East Hudson Bay CMC 77/22/1 ( Ontario Science 1977 487.7 74.9 21.6 27.2
Made by Johnny Pov & helpers in Ontario Science 16' .00" 29.4" 8.5" 59.9
00136 East Hudson Bay CMC IV-B-743 1959 548.6 71.1
Peterussie of Cape Smith for Hudson Bau area use. 17' 11." 27.9"
00139 East Hudson Bay CMC IV-B-744 1959 711.2 71.1 50.8 54.2
Made by Peterussie of Cape Smith 23' 3.9" 27.9" 20" 119.
00137 East Hudson Bay CMC IV-X-705 < 1964 563.9 73.7 27.94
Probably in Povungnituk. 18' 6.0" 29.0" 11"
00190 East Hudson Bay Arima 1964:240 1960 701.04 68.6 25.4
Ivujivik, PQ 23' 0" 27.0" 10"
00138 East Hudson Bay CMC IV-B-767 1960 736.6 63.5 24.1 66.5
Ivuyivik, PQ, Canada - made by Ainalik (E9-963) 24' 2.0" 25" 9.4" 146.
00140 East Hudson Bay CMC IV-B-494 1914 675.6 61 47.6
Cape Wolstenholm, just north of Ivuyivik 22' 1.9" 24.0" 104.
00142 East Hudson Bay CMC IV-B-825 1963 676.9 84.5 33 66.7
Belcher Islands 22' 2.4" 33.2" 12." 147.
00296 East Hudson Bay Freeman: 1964:56-91. 1959-1961 497.8 78.7 25.4
Belcher Islands, N.W.T. Canada 16' 3.9" 30.9" 10"
00253 East Hudson Bay GM AB 512 1958 693.4 75 26
Joe Allaiquq reconstruction at Great Whale River 22' 8.9" 29.5" 10."
00305 Northern Baffin Abbes 1884: 214, figs. 8, 9 <= 1884 635
Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada 20' 9.9"
00302 Northern Baffin Boas 1888 (1964):77-93 762 36.3
Davis Strait between Cape Mercy and Cape Raper. 25' 0" 80.0
00145 Northern Baffin CMC IV-C-4094 1970 N/N 657.9 70.5 20.3 31.8
21' 7.0" 27.7" 7.9" 70.1
00146 Northern Baffin CMC IV-C-4127 1968 563.9 72.7 39
Repulse Bay 18' 6.0" 28.6" 85.9
00158 Northern Baffin CMC IV-C-4543 708.7 53.3 35.6
Iglulik 23' 3.0" 20.9" 14."
00147 Northern Baffin CMC IV-C-4545 (74/53/1) 1973 640 79 26
Pond Inlet 20' 11." 31.1" 10."
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00156 Northern Baffin CMC IV-X-96 1909 400.2 63.2 22 25.4
Pangnirtung retrieval 13' 1.5" 24.8" 8.6" 55.9
00308 Northern Baffin CU 46.482 1934 631 71.6 20.4
Clyde Inlet, Nunavut, Canada 20' 8.4" 28.1" 8.0"
00306 Northern Baffin DEI E801 1820 315.6 64.8 17.2
Clyde Inlet, Baffin Island, Canada 10' 4.2" 25.5" 6.7"
00313 Northern Baffin DNM P27/22107 1923 58885 662 36 30
Pond Inlet, Baffin Inlet 1931' 11." 260." 14." 66.1
00303 Northern Baffin EMS 609.6 58.4 30.5
Baffin Island in northernmost Canada 20' 0" 22.9" 12."
00311 Northern Baffin Mathiassen 1928: 93, 94, fig. 54 Apparently 601 30
Pond Inlet, Baffin Island 19' 8.6" 11."
00259 Northern Baffin NMS U.C. 765 > 1865 542.29 58.42 24.13
Lancaster Sound, Baffin Island Harvey Golden 17' 9.5" 23" 9.5"
00309 Northern Baffin UC 765.1 <1850 542.3 59.1 24.7 22.7
Foxe Basin/North Baffin Island type 17' 9.5" 23.2" 9.7" 50.0
00080 Polar Eskimo AMNH 58/P.A.C. 582 60.6 20
19' 1.1" 23.8" 7.8"
00003 Polar Eskimo AMNH 60/1103 1896 561 60 19.5
Smith Sound, Greenland 18' 4.8" 23.6" 7.6"
00006 Polar Eskimo AMNH 60/453 1895 539.5 56
Smith Sound 17' 8.4" 22.0"
00020 Polar Eskimo AMNH 60/456 1895 562 58.6 20
Smith Sound 18' 5.2" 23.0" 7.8"
00010 Polar Eskimo AMNH 60/458 1895 562 58.2 20
Smith Sound, Greenland 18' 5.2" 22.9" 7.8"
00012 Polar Eskimo AMNH 60/475 prob. 1895 521 57.7
probably Smith Sound 17' 1.1" 22.7"
00018 Polar Eskimo AMNH 60/6640 prob. 1895
Smith Sound
00078 Polar Eskimo AMNH Chalk 25
00079 Polar Eskimo AMNH Chalk 26
00098 Polar Eskimo AMNH NN prob. 1895 512 57
16' 9.5" 22.4"
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00084 Polar Eskimo AMNH NN 1906 529 55.8
17' 4.2" 21.9"
00094 Polar Eskimo AMNH NN prob. 1895 539 56.3
17' 8.2" 22.1"
00097 Polar Eskimo AMNH NN prob. 1895 555 60.2 19.5
18' 2.5" 23.7" 7.6"
00096 Polar Eskimo AMNH NN prob. 1895 510 55.5
16' 8.7" 21.8"
00082 Polar Eskimo AMNH NN/27 (Chalk 27) prob. 1895 545 53 19
17' 10." 20.8" 7.4"
00015 Polar Eskimo AMNH NN1 prob. 1895 535.5 57
prob. Smith Sound 17' 6.8" 22.4"
00004 Polar Eskimo AMNH T-49; 60/451-60/460 1895 529.5 53.4 17.5
Probably Smith Sound 17' 4.4" 21.0" 6.8"
00077 Polar Eskimo AMNH T-56 (PROB. 60.1/5253 A- <1936 484 52.8
15' 10." 20.7"
00312 Polar Eskimo DNM L4348 505 57 20
Probably Smith Sound (Polar Eskimo) 16' 6.8" 22.4" 44.0
00208 Polar Eskimo MAI 15/6264 1927
Cape York, Greenland
00211 Polar Eskimo MAI 16/5227 1929 462.5 54
Cape York, Greenland 15' 2.0" 21.2"
00210 Polar Eskimo MAI 18/6541 1909
Cape York, Greenland
00209 Polar Eskimo MAI 8/2724 1918
Cape York - Smith Sound, Greenland
00314 Polar Eskimo UPM NA 1659 1894
Cape York, Greenland (Polar Eskimo)
00315 Polar Eskimo UPM NA 18287 1894
Cape York, Greenland (Polar Eskimo)
00316 Polar Eskimo USNM 160388 (former number 1894 533.4 56.2 20.3
Inglefield Gulf, North Greenland (Polar Eskimo) 17' 6" 22.1" 7.9"
00009 Greenland AMNH 60.1/5053 1851 482 41.6 18
Greenland 15' 9.7" 16.3" 39.6
00100 Greenland AMNH 60/6172 1908 516 48.1 15.5
West Greenland 16' 11." 18.9" 6.1"
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00154 Greenland CMC 76/13/88 (loan from 467.5
15' 4.0"
00157 Greenland CMC IV-A-432 537 47.5 17.5 22.7
17' 7.4" 18.7" 6.8" 50.0
00148 Greenland CMC IV-A-447 (IV-X-216) 527.5 49.5 13 17.2
17' 3.6" 19.4" 5.1" 37.9
00260 Greenland DHNS 2 1600s 568.96 39.6895 17.46
West Greenland Harvey Golden 18' 8.0" 15.6" 6.8"
00189 Greenland FNM 5023 496.2 52.3 14
16' 3.3" 20.5" 5.5"
00265 Greenland HMG E. 0102 1789 567.055 43.815 17.78
West Greenland Harvey Golden 18' 7.2" 17.2" 7"
00263 Greenland HMG E. 584 c. 1819 (?) 537.845 46.355 15.875
West Greenland Harvey Golden 17' 7.7" 18.2" 6.2"
00264 Greenland HMG E. 585 c. 1819 (?) 548.9575 44.45 17.145
West Greenland Harvey Golden 18' .12" 17.5" 6.7"
00262 Greenland HMM 64 c. 1833 (?) 542.925 45.72 18.09
West Greenland Harvey Golden 17' 9.7" 18" 7.1"
00261 Greenland HMN G. 109 1837 542.29 42.545 16.82
West Greenland Harvey Golden 17' 9.5" 16.7" 6.6"
00269 Greenland MdH 57966 c. 1600s (?) 558.8 44.7675 18.415
West Greenland Harvey Golden 18' 3.9" 17.6" 7.2"
00270 Greenland MdH 57992 509.27 52.07 16.82
West Greenland Harvey Golden 16' 8.4" 20.5" 6.6"
00267 Greenland MMG 1968-81-1 1908 522.605 45.72 17.145
West Greenland Harvey Golden 17' 1.7" 18" 6.7"
00268 Greenland MMG 1984-285 552.45 40.64 16.51
West Greenland Harvey Golden 18' 1.5" 16" 6.5"
00272 Greenland NMS A.1866.53 c. 1866 (?) 495.935 45.72 16.82
Harvey Golden 16' 3.2" 18" 6.6"
00273 Greenland NMS A.1995 548.005 43.4975 16.82
West Greenland Harvey Golden 17' 11." 17.1" 6.6"
00271 Greenland NMS U.C. 764 < 1865 539.75 43.18 17.145
West Greenland Harvey Golden 17' 8.4" 17" 6.7"
00275 Greenland RMDR 46 c. 1600s (?) 575.31 42.545 16.35
West Greenland Harvey Golden 18' 10." 16.7" 6.4"
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00274 Greenland RvV 349-1 c. 1600s (?) 547.37 40.005 15.875
West Greenland Harvey Golden 17' 11." 15.7" 6.2"
00266 Greenland THN N/N 530.225 41.5925 17.33
West Greenland Harvey Golden 17' 4.7" 16.3" 6.8"
00165 Greenland UPM L-84-817 1936
00164 Greenland UPM L-84-818 1936
00276 Greenland WFM 00232.1 c. 1600s (?) 553.72 53.816 16.19
West Greenland Harvey Golden 18' 2.0" 21.1" 6.3"
00277 Greenland WM WHITM:SCO1 pre 1824 579.12 42.8625 18.415
West Greenland Harvey Golden 19' 0" 16.8" 7.2"
00320 Upernavik Ken Taylor 504.8 53.2 30
16' 6.7" 20.9" 66.1
00318 Disko Bay BM PE.3 pre 1855 535.3 47.3 18.2 30
17' 6.7" 18.6" 7.1" 66.1
00150 Disko Bay CMC IV-A-375 1923 502.9 43.2 15.2 15.4
Disko Bay 16' 5.9" 17.0" 5.9" 33.9
00151 Disko Bay CMC IV-A-427 1921 502.9 15.9
Disko Bay 16' 5.9" 35.0
00149 Disko Bay CMC IV-A-428 1927 528.3 20
Disko Bay 17' 3.9" 44.0
00319 Disko Bay CUM Z.15360 (Brand PE.12a) 499.1 51.1 19.4 18.1
16' 4.4" 20.1" 7.6" 39.9
00099 South Central West AMNH 60/6190 1908
Holsteinsborg
00152 South Central West CMC IV-A-483 1935 518.2 49.5 14.1 19.9
Holsteinberg 17' .01" 19.4" 5.5" 43.8
00101 South Greenland AMNH 60/478 1895 550 50.2 17
South Greenland 18' .53" 19.7" 37.4
00002 South Greenland AMNH 60/480 1895 502.5 49 14
South Greenland 16' 5.8" 19.2" 5.5"
00317 South Greenland BM AM.10 585.5 43.4 19.5 18.1
19' 2.5" 17.0" 7.6" 39.9
00212 South Greenland MAI 8/2722 1918
South Greenland
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Depth
Kayak Type Source or Collection No. Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience Contributor (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.) Offset
00278 South Greenland RvV 1076-1 1892 521.335 43.18 17.145
South Greenland Harvey Golden 17' 1.2" 17" 6.7"
00007 East Greenland AMNH 60.1/600 3A 1931 591 49.8 15
Angmassalik 19' 4.6" 19.6" 5.9"
00321 East Greenland CEK N/N (Brand PE.8) 1962 532.765 54.61 24.13
Isortoq, 80 miles south of Angmagsshalik, East John Brand 17' 5.7" 21.5" 9.5"
00213 East Greenland MAI 17/1711 A-P 1930 549 46.8 15
Angmaksalik 18' .14" 18.4" 5.9"
00281 East Greenland MdH 48057 1933 587.6925 48.5775 15.24
East Greenland Harvey Golden 19' 3.3" 19.1" 6"
00282 East Greenland MdH 57602 1968 502.92 47.625 16.51
East Greenland Harvey Golden 16' 6" 18.7" 6.5"
00280 East Greenland MdH 59876 1970 476.25 49.53 15.875
East Greenland Harvey Golden 15' 7.5" 19.5" 6.2"
00169 East Greenland RGS NN1 (Brand PE.13b) 1931 566.42 48.3 17.8
Angmakshallik 18' 6.9" 19.0" 7.0"
00279 East Greenland RvV 2823-1 1933 544.195 56.515 13.97
East Greenland 17' 10." 22.2" 5.5"
00171 East Greenland SPI NN1 1930-31 560.07 48.26
Angmagssalik 18' 4.5" 19"
Number of Kayaks = 297
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