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The skin boats of Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska
Title:
The skin boats of Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska
JLCTITLE245:
by Stephen R. Braund.
Personal Author:
Braund, Stephen R.
Publication Information:
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1988.
Physical Description:
141 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
ISBN:
9780295966748
General Note:
Maps on lining papers.
Abstract:
Traces the history of the open skin boat or angyapik (umiak), from flat-bottom aboriginal structure to the modern bent-rib version. Includes information on construction, materials and use. Adds to the Alaskan ethnography. Illustrated.
Bibliography Note:
Bibliography: p. 136-141.
Subject Term:
Yuit Eskimos -- Boats.

Yuit Eskimos -- Material culture.

Umiaks.

Eskimos -- Material culture -- Alaska -- Saint Lawrence Island.

Eskimos -- Boats -- Alaska -- Saint Lawrence Island.

Inuit -- Bateaux.

Oumiaks.

Inuit -- Culture matérielle.

Indiens d'Amérique -- Culture matérielle -- Alaska -- Saint Lawrence, Île.

Indiens d'Amérique -- Bateaux -- Alaska -- Saint Lawrence, Île.

Esquimaux -- Bateaux.

Inuits -- Culture matérielle.

Eskimos -- Boats.

Eskimos -- Material culture.

Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Saint Lawrence Island -- Material culture.

Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Saint Lawrence Island -- Boats.
Geographic Term:
Saint Lawrence, Île (Alaska) -- Mœurs et coutumes.

Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska) -- Social life and customs.

Saint Lawrence (île) -- Moeurs et coutumes.
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