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mast, supported by seats and shrouds of sealskins; a single large 

 square sail of coarse matting fastened to the yard with sinews and 

 set on mast, stepped near middle of canoe; yard braces, sheets, and 

 taclvs of sealskin ; two oars ; four jDaddles. 



Dimensions of ooviiak. — Length over all, 30 feet 8 inches: on 

 bottom, 20 feet ; beam, 9 feet ; center of bottom, 4 feet wide ; depth. 

 3 feet 8 inches; mast, 18 inches; yard, 16 feet 8 inches; sail, 16 feet 

 by 16 feet; oars, 14 feet 4 inches; paddles from 8 feet 4 inches to 

 9 feet 4 inches. Scale of model 1^ inches equal 1 foot. 



Boats of this kind sail well before the wind, but sails can not be 

 used when going to windward. Cat. No. 38.882 U.S N.M. 



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Model of oomiak. 



Type used by the Eskimos of the Ungava section of the Hudson 

 Bay region. 



An open, double-ended, flat bottom boat, made by stretching un- 

 haired sealskin over a wooden frame, the upper edges of the covering 

 going over the gunwale and held firmly by a roving of hide passing 

 through holes and over a ribband below the gunwale ; bottom taper- 

 ing toward each end; sides flaring; three thwarts. 



Di7nensions of oomiak. — Length, 24 feet 7^ inches; beam, 9 feet 

 3 inches; depth, 3 feet 3 inches. Scale of model 1 inch equals 1 foot. 



In general this resembles the oomiak of the Greenland Eskimo, 

 though it is not so long in proportion to width and depth. 



The oomiak of the Ungava Bay region varies in length from 

 11 to 27 feet. " ^ Cat. No. 90,111 U.S.N.M. 



