. Bulletin. Ethnology. 290 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 151 ^ fiaft Y. Map 5.—Distribution of boat and paddle types along the coasts of Upper and Baja California. From San Diego south along the entire west coast of Baja CaH- fornia is a low-latitude desert littoral where available softwood is absent (with two exceptions to be noted below). Wooden boats would be an impossibility, and the balsa made of easily gathered tules (Scirpus sp.) is generally employed. Great stands of cedars at Cedros Island and pines at Cape San Lucas offered variety in materials for boats, and here we find log r
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 290 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 151 ^ fiaft Y. Map 5.—Distribution of boat and paddle types along the coasts of Upper and Baja California. From San Diego south along the entire west coast of Baja CaH- fornia is a low-latitude desert littoral where available softwood is absent (with two exceptions to be noted below). Wooden boats would be an impossibility, and the balsa made of easily gathered tules (Scirpus sp.) is generally employed. Great stands of cedars at Cedros Island and pines at Cape San Lucas offered variety in materials for boats, and here we find log rafts, but not dugouts. Inside the Gulf of California along the east shore of the peninsula is again a treeless coast, somewhat broken by small bays, and offshore islands. Here, as on the ocean side, the balsa was used for navigation. With the partial exceptions of the Chumash of the Santa Barbara. 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 Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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