. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE WATEECRAFT COLLECTIOX 207 A circular bowl-shaped coracle, made by stretching buffalo hide over a rude fi'ame of boughs or saplings. Dimensions of coracle.—Diameter, 5 feet 2 inches; depth about 18 inches. (Jollected by W. MattheAvs. Cat. No. Kaiak. Type used by Eskimos at Cape Espenberg, Alaska. A decked, round-bottom keelless skin canoe, with flaring sides, sharp-pointed. FIG. 61. INDIAN CORACLE OR " BULL ;' bow, sharp raking stern; high-ridged deck sloping off suddenly at stern; manh
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE WATEECRAFT COLLECTIOX 207 A circular bowl-shaped coracle, made by stretching buffalo hide over a rude fi'ame of boughs or saplings. Dimensions of coracle.—Diameter, 5 feet 2 inches; depth about 18 inches. (Jollected by W. MattheAvs. Cat. No. Kaiak. Type used by Eskimos at Cape Espenberg, Alaska. A decked, round-bottom keelless skin canoe, with flaring sides, sharp-pointed. FIG. 61. INDIAN CORACLE OR " BULL ;' bow, sharp raking stern; high-ridged deck sloping off suddenly at stern; manhole near center. Diiiiensions of kaiah.—Length, 14 feet 4 inches; beam, 24 inches; depth, 13 inches; longitudinal diameter of manhole, 23 inches; width, 16i inches. Cat. No. 129,575 Kaiak. Type used by the Eskimos at Cape Blossom, Alaska, for hunting. A decked, flat bottom, keelless skin canoe, with slightly flaring sides, long, pointed ends, straight, flat deck, except in front of man-. 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; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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