Three-Hatch Bidarka Boat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Dec 1885
label: Collection Date
content: 1885
name: label: Collector
content: Charles H. Townsend
label: Collector
content: Capt. Michael A. Healy
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Full size, with three double [blade] paddles. Almost identical to Cat. no.398,278. Refer: Collins' MS. p. 783. USNM Bull. 127, p. 210." This kayak is described on p. 210 of U.S. National Museum Bulletin 127: "Three-hole bidarka. Built by the Aleuts. Used by the officers of the U. S. revenue cutter Corwin, Capt. M. A. Healy commanding, in making explorations in 1885. A sharp-ended, decked, round bottom, keelless canoe, with cleft bow, vertical stern, three manholes; made by covering light wood frame with sealskin; seams fringed with yarn; three double-bladed paddles. Dimensions of bidarka. - Length, 24 feet 8 inches; beam, 30 inches; depth, 10 inches; greatest diameter of forward manhole, 25 inches; of center manhole, 28 1/2 inches; of after manhole, 24 inches ; paddles, two 8 feet long, and one 7 feet 10 inches long." Kayak is visible in photo negative # 31357 - the three-hole kayak hanging on wall on left in photo.
label: Notes
content: This three-hole kayak is illustrated and described in detail in Golden, Harvey. 2015. Kayaks of Alaska. Portland, OR: White House Grocery Press: Plate 5, p. 57; pp. 77 - 80; Fig. 568b, p. 420; Fig. 41 (Fig. 3), p. 31; Color Plate II, # 1, after p. 274; Color Plate VI, # 1, after p. 274.
label: Notes
content: In 2018, a set of three double blade paddles were found stored as part of canoe # E160416 (old # 76111), but were determined to belong with E76821 instead (one is marked with that number), and have been so labelled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 016914
label: USNM Number
content: E76821-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak / Paddle