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* This belongs
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- North Alaska Kotzebue Sound Kayak
- Lowie Museum, University of California, Berkeley,
LM 2/6349 (see
Lines drawing in
PDF)
 - Photo by George H. Wilkins, Canadian Arctic Expedition
1913-1916 courtesy of Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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- Length - 17' 2.9"
- Beam - 18.8"
- Depth to Sheer - 9.4"
- Weight - 26.9 lbs.
- Loaded kayak stable to 17 degrees.
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- This highly maneuverable kayak was used for hunting beluga whales in
bays.
A
dozen or more kayakers drove the whales into the shallows and dispatched
them with flint spears. Capsize was common in this unstable kayak during the
turmoil.
The kayak was also used for seal hunting along the floe edge. A similar
kayak,
covered with caribou skin was used along the Noatuk River to hunt
muskrat in
reedy lagoons and to spear caribou crossing rivers and lakes.
Last modified:
06 Jul 2014
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