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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright 2 Abstract 4 Frontispiece: Ten uluxtax heading out from unga (Courtsey Anchorage Museum of History and Art) 5 Contents 7 Introduction 8 The King Island kayak 16 Report on the construction of a kayak at Pond Inlet in 1973 54 Sub-arctic kayak commitment and "kayak fear" 94 Kajakangst: the Greenland hunter's nightmare of disorientation 108 Revival in Canada: a bicultural presentation 122 Aleut kayak terminology 146 Two Nikolski Aleut kayaks: iqyax and uluxtax from umnak Is 178 The features of Aleutian baidarkas 226 The baidarka as a living vessel: the "bones" in the joints 236 Form and function of the baidarka: the framework of design 274 The East-Greenland kayaks 334 Back Cover 363 Publisher:University of Ottawa Press,Published:1991,ISBN:9781772822861,Language:English,OCLC:645842324 The first two papers describe King Island and North Baffin kayaks, their construction and their equipment. Other articles are on kayak design variation, Greenland kayaks, “kayak fear”, Canadian revival and the fascinating Aleut designs. All papers are illustrated and reflect the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s collection.
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- Author
- Arima, Eugene Y
- Publisher
- Ottawa University Press;Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781772822861
- Category
- nonfiction