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Kayak Type Collection
No Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in)
(kg/lb.)
00021 Koryak AMNH 70/3358 1901 281 75.1 16.5
Gr. Itkana Koryak 9' 2.6" 29.5" 6.4"
00031 Koryak Jochelson 1908:539, fig.83. 1900-01 269 75 28 15
Unknown 8' 9.9" 29.5" 11." 33.0
00030 Koryak MAE 956-49 1900-01 258.5 72 19 15
Collected by Waldemar Jochelson. 8' 5.7" 28.3" 7.4" 33.0
00033 Koryak MEP 11413 D 1910 322.5 71 34.5 19.15
Probably collected by Waldemar Jochelson 10' 6.9" 27.9" 13." 42.2
Metric 282.8 73.3 24.5 16.4
Average: English 9' 6.3" 28.8" 9.6" 36.1
Number 4 4 4 3
Chukchi/Asiatic
Eskimo Inland Chukchi
00115 Chukchi/Asiatic Eskimo MAE 407-42a 1898 422 53
Anadyr region. 13' 10." 20.8"
00029 Chukchi/Asiatic Eskimo MEP 2083-61 a 1904-07 489.5 49.4 23.5 12
Anadyr Bay region, Siberia. 16' .71" 19.4" 9.2" 26.4
Metric 455.8 51.2 23.5 12.0
Average: English 14' 5.4" 20.1" 9.2" 26.4
Number 2 2 1 1
Chukchi/Asiatic
Eskimo Martime Chukchi
00219 Chukchi/Asiatic Eskimo EMS 1880.4 Vega 5178 1880 475 59.5 31
15' 7.0" 23.4" 12."
00117 Chukchi/Asiatic Eskimo EMS 1880.4.1255 1880 462.7 62.7 28
North coast of Chukotka, Siberia. 15' 2.1" 24.6" 11."
Metric 468.9 61.1 29.5
Average: English 15' 4.5" 24.0" 11."
Number
2
2
2
0
Aleut
One-Hole
00013 Aleut AMNH 60/6274 536 58.3
Unalaska 17'
7.0" 22.9"
00037 Aleut BM PE.10 (Brand survey) 528.3 49.5 32.4
Aleutian Islands, Alaska 17'
3.9" 19.4" 12."
00041 Aleut CNM 12212 1800-50 546.1 44.5 11.43
unknown 17'
11." 17.5" 4.5"
00044 Aleut CNM 30610 562 47 27
unknown 18'
5.2" 18.5" 10."
00039 Aleut CNM 30611 540 53 33
Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands 17'
8.5" 20.8" 12."
00220 Aleut Cook and King 1785:513-5 (Vol. II) 1778 365.76 45.72
Unalaska, Aleutian Islands 12'
0" 18"
00034 Aleut Cook and King 1785:513-515 (Vol. 1778 365.8 45.7 30.5
Unalaska, Aleutian Islands 12'
.01" 17.9" 12."
00040 Aleut FNM 228 before 1847 540.5 44.4 26
Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands 17'
8.7" 17.4" 10."
00023 Aleut LM 2/14886 1934 509.5 51.7 22 12
Atka Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 16'
8.5" 20.3" 8.6" 26.4
00045 Aleut MAE 593-76 1845 581.4 43.4 21.2 20
Akun Island, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands 19'
.89" 17.0" 8.3" 44.0
00043 Aleut MAE Ac 1845 558.6 43.2 19.7 20
Akun Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 18'
3.9" 17.0" 7.7" 44.0
00036 Aleut MEP 10390; Prov. VIII 10/253a; 1910-11 525.5 48.9 27 15
Prob. collected by Jochelson in Kamchatka area 17'
2.8" 19.2" 10." 33.0
00046 Aleut Taylor 1962:47 1948 610.4 55.9
Nikolski, Umnak, Aleutian Islands - measurements by
W.S.Laughlin 20' .31" 22.0"
00035 Aleut Taylor 1962:47. 1948 487.7 54.6
Atka, Aleutian Islands. W.S. Laughlin recorded
measurements. 16' .00" 21.4"
00038 Aleut USNM 76282 1894 539.7 50.8 29.5 15
Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 17'
8.4" 20" 11." 33.0
00042 Aleut von Langsdorff 1812 1803-07 548.6 53.3 41.9
Unalaska, Aleutian Islands 17'
11." 20.9" 16."
Metric 521.6 49.4 26.8 16.4
Average: English 17' 5.1" 19.4" 10." 36.1
Number 16 16 12 5