. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE WATERCRAFT COLLECTION", 217 also sewed at ends and attached to gunwales with same material; seams covered with pitch; wooden strip nailed to top of gunwales to protect fiber seizings from wear. Dimensions of canoe.—Length, 21 feet 3 inches; width, 3 feet 5^ inches; depth, 22 inches. Scale of model, 2^ inches equal 1 foot. Cat. No. 55,814 BALSAS AND DUGOUTS. Model of tule grass balsa. Used by the Indians on Pyramid Lake, Nev. Dimensions of halsa.—Length, 17 feet; width, 5 feet 4 inches; height, amidships, 2 feet
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE WATERCRAFT COLLECTION", 217 also sewed at ends and attached to gunwales with same material; seams covered with pitch; wooden strip nailed to top of gunwales to protect fiber seizings from wear. Dimensions of canoe.—Length, 21 feet 3 inches; width, 3 feet 5^ inches; depth, 22 inches. Scale of model, 2^ inches equal 1 foot. Cat. No. 55,814 BALSAS AND DUGOUTS. Model of tule grass balsa. Used by the Indians on Pyramid Lake, Nev. Dimensions of halsa.—Length, 17 feet; width, 5 feet 4 inches; height, amidships, 2 feet. Scale of model, 1^ inches equal 1 foot. Cat. No. 19,028 Grass boat or balsa. Used by the Seri Indians of Mexico. This boat was obtained on Thuron Island, Gulf of FIG. 65. TULE GRASS BALS.\. The boat is almond-shaped with very tapering ends, and is made up of three bundles of reeds lashed together. The center bundle is about 10 feet long, and the two outer bundles are 27 feet long, tvhile the greatest width at the center is 3 feet. Gift of Bureau of American Ethnology. 160,391 Model of dugout canoe. Used by the Hupa Indians, Trinity Eiver, Calif., for crossing the river. Koughly made, open, square-ended, screw-shaped dugout; round bottom; gunwales curve inboard; ends rise nearly to point in middle. Dimensions of dugout.—L^Tigth, 9 feet 8 inches; width, 6 feet; height, amidships, 2 feet; at ends, 5 feet. Scale of model U inches equal 1 foot. Collected by S. Powers. Cat No. 21,359 U. S. Dugout canoe. Used by the Menomoni Indians of Wisconsin. An open, sharp- ended, round bottom, keelless dugout canoe, characteristic of the western Lake region. 24166—23 15. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution
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