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Hooper Bay kayak construction

Title
Hooper Bay kayak construction / David W. Zimmerly.
Author
Zimmerly, David W., 1938-
Publication
Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Canadian Ethnology Service.
  • Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Description
xxii, 107 pages : illustrations, map, plans; 28 cm.
Summary
  • "This book documents the construction of a Bering Sea style-kayak made in the community of Hooper Bay, Alaska, in October and November 1976 under the direction of Dick Bunyan. Written as journal entries, the text details construction from the initial splitting of the wood to the final fitting of the cockpit lashings. Each step is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and line drawings.
  • The author has also included detailed measurements of the kayak, a glossary of Yupik terms, and descriptions and drawings of kayak accessories."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
  • Mercury series
  • Paper / Canadian Ethnology Service ; 53
Uniform Title
  • Paper (Canadian Ethnology Service) ; no. 53.
  • Mercury series.
Subject
  • Eskimos > Boats > Hooper Bay
  • Kayaks > Alaska
  • Canoes and canoeing > Alaska
  • Yupik Eskimos > Boats
  • Inuit > Bateaux > Hooper Bay
  • Canotage > Alaska
  • Yupik (Inuit) > Bateaux
Note
  • Includes abstract in French.
  • Previously published: Ottawa : National Museums of Canada, 1979.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references: p. 107.
ISBN
0660175118
OCLC
  • ocm46829878
  • SCSB-14545047
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries