. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE WATERCRAFT COLLECTIOlSr. 221 Model of dugout canoe. Dugout used in sea fishing and whaling by the Haida Indians of the northwest coast of America. An open, sharp-ended, keelless dugout canoe, with long, sharp, overhanging bow; cutwater nearly vertical; narrow flat bottom, tapering to point at ends; strongly flaring sides; sharp overhanging stern; strong sheer; painted black with red stripe in midship section, and with totems at ends; equipped with lanceolate-blacled paddles, four thwarts, etc. Dimensions of canoe.—Length, 36
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE WATERCRAFT COLLECTIOlSr. 221 Model of dugout canoe. Dugout used in sea fishing and whaling by the Haida Indians of the northwest coast of America. An open, sharp-ended, keelless dugout canoe, with long, sharp, overhanging bow; cutwater nearly vertical; narrow flat bottom, tapering to point at ends; strongly flaring sides; sharp overhanging stern; strong sheer; painted black with red stripe in midship section, and with totems at ends; equipped with lanceolate-blacled paddles, four thwarts, etc. Dimensions of canoe.—Length, 36 feet; beam, 6 feet; deptli, on side, 25 inches; paddles, 8 feet 9 inches to 9 feet 9 inches long. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. Collected by George Gibbs. Cat. No. 639 Dugout war canoe. Made bj'' Nookta Indians, of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, from a single log of yellow cedar {Thuya gigantea). An open, round bottom, keelless dugout canoe; long, very sharp, overhanging. FIG. 67.—HAIDA INDIAN DUGOUT CANOE. bow, with beaklike projection; flaring sides; long, sharp, nearly vertical stern, rising in a knob-like projection above the gunwale; rather straight on top except at bow, which has a strong upward curve; painted totems of various colors at bow and stern. Dimensions of canoe.—Length, 59 feet; beam, 8 feet; height, bow, 7 feet 3 inches; stern, 5 feet 3 inches; amidships, 3 feet 7 inches. This canoe, which is of the so-called Chinook model, Avas made for Moquilla, a Nootkan chief and grandson of Moquilla, men- tioned by Meares, Vancouver, and others; it was given by him to a Nimpkish chief residing at Alert Bay near Fort Rupert on the northeastern coast of Vancouver Island. It was shaped and hol- lowed out with axes and rude implements made by the Indians; the requisite flare or beam being secured by filling the canoe with water which is heated by means of red-hot stones, and a slow fire made on the outside by rows of bark laid on the ground a shor
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