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Comparative Data
Average
Measurements
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Kayak Type Collection No Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.)
Chugach
Three-Hole
00065 Chugach Birket-Smith 1953:45 1933 645 71
Chugach Eskimo, Chenega, Alaska (Prince William Sound) 21'
1.9" 27.9"
00066 Chugach Birket-Smith 1953:46 1933 630 71
Chugach Eskimo, Chenega, Alaska (Prince William Sound) 20'
8.0" 27.9"
Metric 637.5 71.0
Average: English 20' 4.9" 27.9"
Number 2 2 0 0
Bering Sea
00028 Bering Sea MHI ACC #513 1952 479 71 26
Donated by Clyde B. Day, 1952 15'
8.5" 27.9" 10."
Metric 479.0 71.0 26.0
Average: English 15' 8.5" 27.9" 10."
Number 1 1 1 0
Bristol Bay
00067 Bristol Bay MAE 593-92 1842 454 68.5
Aglemiut (Bristol Bay region) 14'
10." 26.9"
00069 Bristol Bay USNM 76284 1892 510.5 68.6 40.6
Togiak, Alaska 16'
8.9" 27.0" 15."
00068 Bristol Bay USNM 76285 1885 459.7 73.7 35.5
Kodiak Island, Alaska 15'
.98" 29.0" 13."
Metric 474.7 70.3 38.1
Average: English 15' 6.9" 27.6" 14."
Number 3 3 2 0
Nunivak
Island
00221 Nunivak Island Adney & Chapelle 1964: 199, fig.
00181 Nunivak Island AHM II-A-5024 442.5 75.5 25.5 26.875
Nunivak Island, Alaska 14'
6.2" 29.7" 10." 59.2
00071 Nunivak Island DNM P33:10a c.1924 489.2
Nunivak Island, Alaska 16'
.59"
00107 Nunivak Island LM N/N 481 34
15' 9.3" 74.9
00203 Nunivak Island MAI 16/1715 1928
St. Michael, Alaska
00005 Nunivak Island NMM IV-E-1071 1976 460.7 78 23.8 25
Hooper Bay, Alaska 15'
1.3" 30.7" 9.3" 55.1
00176 Nunivak Island TBMM 2-150 1898 72
St. Michaels 28.3"
00177 Nunivak Island TBMM NN5
00073 Nunivak Island UPM NA 1200 1905
Nunivak Island, Alaska
00075 Nunivak Island USNM 160341 1892 455.9 76.2 40
Nunivak Island, Alaska 14'
11." 30" 15."
00072 Nunivak Island USNM 160345, Peabody 1892 490.2 72.4 40.6
Nunivak Island, Alaska 16'
.99" 28.5" 15."
00074 Nunivak Island USNM 160415 1889 457.2 71.1
Nunivak Island, Alaska 15'
0" 27.9"
00120 Nunivak Island USNM 76283 1892 464.8 76.2 45.7
Nunivak Island 15'
2.9" 30" 17."
00070 Nunivak Island YRM NN1 >1950 464 73 21 24.5
Hooper Bay, Alaska 15'
2.6" 28.7" 8.2" 54.0
Metric 467.3 74.3 32.8 27.6
Average: English 15' 3.9" 29.2" 12." 60.8
Number 9 8 6 4
00166 Norton Sound BM PE.9 511.8 64.8 40.6 18.1
16' 9.4" 25.5" 15." 39.9
00110 Norton Sound LM 2-1674 c1895 522.4 71.8 40 40
Mouth of Yukon River 17'
1.6" 28.2" 15." 88.1
00202 Norton Sound MAI 8/2720 before 1918
St. Michael Island, Alaska
00178 Norton Sound TBMM NN6 67
26.3"
00214 Norton Sound UPM NA 1201 1905 506 67 36.5
16' 7.2" 26.3" 14."
00167 Norton Sound USNM 160175 517.7 59.7 30
16' 11." 23.5" 66.1
00222 Norton Sound USNM 160327 1889 518.2 62.9 33.7
Unalaklik, Alaska (60 miles N. from St. Michaels) 17'
.01" 24.7" 13."
00224 Norton Sound USNM 160331 1883 452.1 63.5 30.5
St. Michaels, Norton Sound, Alaska 14'
9.9" 25" 12."
00223 Norton Sound USNM 160337 1889 487.7 67.3 33 18.1
Kusilvak, Alaska (north of the Yukon River in Norton
Sound) 16'
.00" 26.4" 12." 39.9
00225 Norton Sound USNM 160380 (formerly 166932) 1888 509.3 69.9 30.5
St. Michael, Norton Sound, Alaska 16'
8.5" 27.5" 12."
Metric 503.2 66.0 35.0 26.6
Average: English 16' 6.0" 25.9" 13." 58.5
Number 8 9 7 4
Bering Strait Cape Krusenstern
00180 Bering Strait AHM 77.51.1 475.3 67.2 24.8 36.74
15' 7.1" 26.4" 9.7" 80.9
00091 Bering Strait AMNH NN 360.5 59