212 BULLETIN 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Kaiak. 



Type used by the Eskimos on the west coast of (irreenhind. Li<::ht 

 ■wooden frame, hished Avith thon<rs of sealskin ; covered with thick, 

 strontj sealskin ; round Ijottom : hifrh. pointed ends tipped with ivory. 

 Decked over Avith sealskin except the hatch. 10 inches in diameter, 

 where the man sits amidships. Furnishe<l Avith apron, harpoon 

 shaft, lance, spear, paddle, harpoon line. buoy. rack, ice scraper, and 

 harpoon head or point. 



Dimensions of kaial-. — Length. IT feet: beam. 21 inches: heifjht, 

 IS inches: stern, 16} inches: amidshii)s. 12 inches. 

 Deposited by Chief Signal Officer. United States War Department. 



Cat. No. 72.50-1 F.S.X.iM. 



Kaiak. 



Tyije w>i^(\ by the Eskimos on the west coast of (ireenland. The 

 boat has sharp pointed ends shod Avith bone: has risin<r floor: nearly 

 A-ertical sides: moderate sheer at Iioav. but stern rises hio;her. The 

 coAered deck is flat except forAvard of the central manhole. 



Dimensio)is of boat. — Len<rth. IT feet 8 inches: beam. 19 inches; 

 depth. T^ inches. 

 Collected by X. P. Scudder. Cat. Xo. :?r).()(;T F.S.X.M. 



Kaiak. 



A keelless. double-ended, skin canoe. lonL>; and very sharj), with 

 strongly rakng curved-uj) ends: rising floor: flaring sides: and fiat 

 deck. l)one shoes extend from the top of the bow and stern to a 

 considerable distance along the bottom of the boat. 



The boat Avas made by coA'ering a light wooden framcAvork Avith 

 seal skins seAved together Avith sineAvs Avhile moist or green and draAvn 

 OA'er the frame. AVhen dried out the skin covering becomes as tight 

 and rigid as a drumhead. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 16 feet 8 inches: l)eam. 19 inches; 

 depth. 8f inches. Cat. Xo. 10().:52S ILS.X.i^L 



Model of bidarka. 



Tliis is a peculiar foiin of oomiak or bi(hii'ka \\'>i.'(~\ by the natives 

 of Kodiak Island. Alaska. 



An open, sharp-ended, keelless. skin boat, nuide l)y stretching the 

 skins of seals or sea lions OA'er a wooden frame and fastening it in 

 the usual manner, by a roving passing through holes in the edge of 

 the covering and over a ribband on the inside of the canoe, beloAV 

 the gunAvale. The boAv is very peculiar, long and sharp, Avith con- 

 caA'e Avater lines and terminating in a curA'ed, almost disk-like end, 

 above which is a flat square-ended projection that curves abruptly 

 upAvard from the guuAvales; bottom Avith considerable rise: sides 

 flaring; stern long, sharp, and flaring, straight and slightly raking 



