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Kayak Type Collection No Date Length Beam to Sheer Weight
No. Provenience (cm/in) (cm/in) (cm/in) (kg/lb.)
Bering Strait Cape Prince of Wales
00232 Bering Strait USNM 160344 1888 548.6 50.8 22.9 13.8
Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska 17'
11." 20" 9.0" 30.4
Metric 548.6 50.8 22.9 13.8
Average: English 17' 11." 20" 9.0" 30.4
Number 1 1 1 1
00011 Bering Strait AMNH 60.1/5991 456 66.6 30
Cape Prince of Wales 14'
11." 26.2" 11."
00092 Bering Strait AMNH NN 454.6 58.2 31.5
14' 10." 22.9" 12."
00236 Bering Strait Green 1959:28, 24, 25 mid 1900s
Shishmaref, Bering Strait, Alaska
00187 Bering Strait SJM II.Y.34a 439.8 62.5
Kotzebue Sound (Cape Espenberg) 14'
5.1" 24.6"
00231 Bering Strait USNM 129575 1888 436.9 61 33
Cape Espenberg, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska 14'
4.0" 24.0" 12."
Metric 446.8 62.1 31.5
Average: English 14' 7.9" 24.4" 12."
Number 4 4 3 0
00216 Bering Strait MM BF-32 before 1928 551.2 66 48.3 43.6
18' 1.0" 25.9" 19." 96.1
00217 Bering Strait MS Accession #39.312 548.6 73.7
17' 11." 29.0"
Metric 549.9 69.9 48.3 43.6
Average: English 18' 6.4" 27.5" 19." 96.1
Number 2 2 1 1
00182 North Alaska AHM 69.89.1
Metric
Average: English
Number 0 0 0 0
00188 Cape Kruzenstern SJM II.Y.33 534.5 47.1 20 13.61
Attributed to Kotzebue Sound (Cape Krusenstern) 17'
6.4" 18.5" 7.8" 30.0
Metric 534.5 47.1 20.0 13.6
Average: English 17' 6.4" 18.5" 7.8" 30.0
Number 1 1 1 1
00025 Point Hope MHI ACC #1790
00174 Point Hope TBMM NN3
00175 Point Hope TBMM NN4
00238 Point Hope UPM North Alaska Retrieval Kayak 291.5 59 19.4 11.3
Point Hope/Point Barrow retreival type 9'
6.7" 23.2" 7.6" 24.9
Metric 291.5 59.0 19.4 11.3
Average: English 9' 6.7" 23.2" 7.6" 24.9
Number 1 1 1 1
00112 Point Barrow LM 2-6349 pre 1898 525.6 47.8 24 12
17' 2.9" 18.8" 9.4" 26.4
00239 Point Barrow USNM 57773 1888 525.8 47 19.7
Point Barrow, Alaska 17'
3.0" 18.5" 7.7"
Metric 525.7 47.4 21.9 12.0
Average: English 17' 2.9" 18.6" 8.6" 26.4
Number 2 2 2 1
00184 Nunamiut JA72-78-1 1972 585.5 59.3
Nunamiut (Made for UAM) 19'
2.5" 23.3"
Metric 585.5 59.3
Average: English 19' 2.5" 23.3"
Number 1 1 0 0
00192 Mackenzie Eskimo Armstrong 1857: 182 185? 503 20.412
Mackenzie Delta 16'
6.0" 45.0
00240 Mackenzie Eskimo DNM P31:64a 1924 443.4 49.4 15
Mackenzie Delta (Shingle Point) 14'
6.5" 19.4" 33.0
00194 Mackenzie Eskimo Jenness 1946: 140 1914 477.5 49.5 16.5
Mackenzie Delta 15'
7.9" 19.4" 6.4"
00193 Mackenzie Eskimo Jenness 1946: 140 1914 482.6 45.7 20.3
Mackenzie Delta 15'
9.9" 17.9" 7.9"
00205 Mackenzie Eskimo MAI 8/2723 1917-1918 487.5 48.5 24.5
15' 11." 19.0" 9.6"
00134 Mackenzie Eskimo NMM IV-D-1058 1913-16 421.6 50.8 20.3 14.5
Mackenzie Eskimo, Mackenzie River, N.W.T., Canada 13'
9.9" 20" 7.9" 31.9
00135 Mackenzie Eskimo NMM IV-D-2002 375.9 50 22.5 11.8
12' 3.9" 19.6" 8.8" 26.0
00133 Mackenzie Eskimo NMM IV-D-2039 c. 1900 501 48.2 24 14.515
16' 5.2" 18.9" 9.4" 31.9
Metric 461.6 48.9 21.4 15.2
Average: English 15' 7.7" 19.2" 8.4" 33.6
Number 8 7 6 5