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also sewed at ends and attached to gunwales with same material; 

 seams covered with pitch ; wooden strip nailed to top of gunwales to 

 protect fiber seizings from wear. 



Dimensions of canoe. — Length, 21 feet 3 inches; width, 3 feet 5^ 

 inches ; depth, 22 inches. Scale of model, 2^ inches equal 1 foot. 



Cat. No. 55,814 U.S.N.M. 



BALSAS AND DUGOUTS. 



Model of tule grass balsa. 



Used by the Indians on Pyramid Lake, Nev. 



Dimensions of halsa. — Length, 17 feet; width, 5 feet 4 inches; 

 height, amidships, 2 feet. Scale of model, 1^ inches equal 1 foot. 



Cat. No. 19,028 U.S.N.M. 



Grass boat or balsa. 



Used by the Seri Indians of Mexico. This boat was obtained on 

 Thuron Island, Gulf of California. 



FIG. 65. TULE GRASS BALS.\. 



The boat is almond-shaped with very tapering ends, and is made 

 up of three bundles of reeds lashed together. The center bundle 

 is about 10 feet long, and the two outer bundles are 27 feet long, 

 tvhile the greatest width at the center is 3 feet. 

 Gift of Bureau of American Ethnology. Cat.-No. 160,391 U.S.N.M. 



Model of dugout canoe. 



Used by the Hupa Indians, Trinity Eiver, Calif., for crossing the 

 river. Koughly made, open, square-ended, screw-shaped dugout; 

 round bottom ; gunwales curve inboard ; ends rise nearly to point in 

 middle. 



Dimensions of dugout.— L^Tigth, 9 feet 8 inches; width, 6 feet; 

 height, amidships, 2 feet; at ends, 5 feet. Scale of model U inches 

 equal 1 foot. 

 Collected by S. Powers. Cat No. 21,359 U. S. N.M. 



Dugout canoe. 



Used by the Menomoni Indians of Wisconsin. An open, sharp- 

 ended, round bottom, keelless dugout canoe, characteristic of the 

 western Lake region. 

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