Re: [Paddlewise] An Inuit Kayak

Dear Joe, and all,
The stereotype shows kayaks from Labrador or Hudson straits.  The paddles are wood and the kayaks are wood frAmed. Many early mentions of bone used as primary structural material are naive or refer to baleen and not actual  white bone. Sorry for bad spelling & double posts... First iPad job, and from Overseas.  
Harvey
--- On Thu, 7/29/10, Joe P. <jpylka_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Joe P. <jpylka_at_earthlink.net>
> Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 8:16 AM
>    I put half of a
> stereopair of an Inuit kayak on Flickr, at
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpylka/4840427069/
> 
>    There are two, displayed &
> demonstrated at the St. Louis Worlds Fair in 1904.  At
> first blush one would think of Greenalnd origin, but as
> Chuck Sutherland mentioned, there were other
> variations.  Too, these were made over a century ago
> and my not reflect modern construction.  
>    I am impressed by the height of the
> coamings, relative to the size of the paddlers.  The
> blurb on the back of the card, Keystone View Co. #P203, says
> the paddle are made of bones and the kayak frame is
> constructed from walrus bones. 
>    Does anyone have a good opinion of where
> these boats and occupants came from?
> 
>    On a similar note harking back to the
> 'stupid natives' thread, you may wish to look up the
> WikiPedia articles about the Fair.  It's difficult to
> tease out information about the peoples there, but they were
> definitely displays, and how they are described and what
> happened to them subsequently, is rather appalling --
> particularly to the African and Philippine peoples... 
> 
> Joe P.
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