Collection:
Tribes - Eskimos
Title:
The Eskimo Boat
Date:
ND
Scope & Content:
Typewritten notes describing the Eskimo boat.
The Eskimo boat is called a kayak. When the Eskimo makes a kayak he stretches skins around a skeleton of bones. It is pointed at both ends and usually eighteen feet long. To keep the water out they have a lacing around the opening in the top. After the Eskimo gets in he pulls the lacing tight and ties it.
Eskimos
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The Eskimo boat is called a kayak. When the Eskimo makes a kayak he stretches skins around a skeleton of bones. It is pointed at both ends and usually eighteen feet long. To keep the water out they have a lacing around the opening in the top. After the Eskimo gets in he pulls the lacing tight and ties it.
Eskimos
1 page
Object ID:
DOC.ND01113
Object Name:
Notes
Search Terms:
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