. Bulletin. Ethnology. ESKIMO UMIAK. (tURNEr) means of a paddle, in most cases a double one. Immediately in touch with the skin- boat countries all around the Arctic, from Labrador to Kodiak in Alaska and south- ward to the line of the white birch, east- ward of the Rocky mts., and including the countrj' of the great lakes, existed the birch-bark canoe. With framework of light spruce wood, the covering or sheath- ing of bits of tough bark sewed together. HUDSON BAY BIRCH-BARK CANOE. (tURNEr) and made water-tight by means of melted pitch, these boats are interesting subjects of study, as the ex
. Bulletin. Ethnology. ESKIMO UMIAK. (tURNEr) means of a paddle, in most cases a double one. Immediately in touch with the skin- boat countries all around the Arctic, from Labrador to Kodiak in Alaska and south- ward to the line of the white birch, east- ward of the Rocky mts., and including the countrj' of the great lakes, existed the birch-bark canoe. With framework of light spruce wood, the covering or sheath- ing of bits of tough bark sewed together. HUDSON BAY BIRCH-BARK CANOE. (tURNEr) and made water-tight by means of melted pitch, these boats are interesting subjects of study, as the exigencies of travel and portage, the quality of the material, and traditional ideas produce different forms in different areas. Near the mouth of the Yukon, where the water is sometimes tur- bulent, the canoe is pointed at both ends and partly decked over. On the e. side of. 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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