. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Kodiok Island Kayak, IMS Umjfh /s / Offfinmf h ^ coft^'/i'm Beam ^1 Oepfh ^f. KoDiAK Island Kayak, 1885, in National Museum (USNM 76285). The identification of tiiis kayak has been questioned by Henry B. Collins and John Heath, but it may represent an old form out of use in the twentieth century. of 1885, shown above, represents one type used in this area and that from Unalaska, shown below, the other. The Kodiak boat is rather short and wide, measuring 15 feet 1 inch in length, 29 inches beam and 14 inches depth to ridge batten of the
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Kodiok Island Kayak, IMS Umjfh /s / Offfinmf h ^ coft^'/i'm Beam ^1 Oepfh ^f. KoDiAK Island Kayak, 1885, in National Museum (USNM 76285). The identification of tiiis kayak has been questioned by Henry B. Collins and John Heath, but it may represent an old form out of use in the twentieth century. of 1885, shown above, represents one type used in this area and that from Unalaska, shown below, the other. The Kodiak boat is rather short and wide, measuring 15 feet 1 inch in length, 29 inches beam and 14 inches depth to ridge batten of the deck just forward of the manhole. The boat has the humped sheer found in many Alaskan kayaks and is intended for use in stormy waters. Its large manhole, also a feature of the Nunivak Island kayak, permits two persons to be carried, one facing forward to paddle and the passenger facing aft, or the space can be used to carry cargo. The drawing shows the construction and requires no detailed explanation. Kayaks from the Aleutian Islands eastward to Kodiak use rod battens; only the gunwales and keelson are rectangular in section. The frames are thin flat strips bent in one piece from gunwale to gunwale. The ridge-batten of the deck is laminated, in two pieces. The deck beams and thwarts are notched into the ridge-batten and lashed. The bow piece is carved from a block, and the longitudinals are lashed to it, each in a carefully fitted notch. The sternpost is formed of a plank. The skin cover passes over the manhole rim and a line passed outside the rim holds the skin down enough to form a breakwater. The skin cover is sewn to the inside lower edge of the rim, thus covering it almost completely. The Unalaska kayak of 1894 (below) is a better known type. This design is used throughout the Aleutians and on the adjacent mainland as far east as Prince William .Sound. It was also employed in the Pribilof Islands and at St. Matthew, having been used by Aleuts engaged in sealing expeditio
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