Two-Hatch Bidarka
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Oct 1889
label: Collection Date
content: 1889
name: label: Collector
content: Alaska Commercial Company
label: Donor Name
content: Alaska Commercial Company
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Refer: Collins' MS. p. 775."
label: Notes
content: This kayak was described on p. 209 of U.S. National Museum Bulletin 127: "Two-hole bidarka. Used by the Aleuts for hunting, fishing, and traveling. A long, narrow, round bottom, keelless, skin canoe; nearly vertical side; sharp cleft bow, rising from below in long easy curve; narrow, nearly square stern frame, beyond which the skin cover narrows into a thin fin-like projection; hogback sheer; curved deck; seams fringed with colored yarn; rosette of red and blue tape on top of bow. Equipped with the following: Two otter spears; two double-bladed paddles painted red and black; one " kamlayka" [gutskin parka]. Dimensions of bidarka. - Length, 20 feet 7 inches; beam, 23 inches; depth, 11 inches; paddles, 8 feet and 7 feet 8 inches long; spears, 4 feet 2 3/4 inches long." As of 2013, the paddles, spears and parka have not been located.
label: Notes
content: Kayak is illustrated and described in detail in Golden, Harvey. 2015. Kayaks of Alaska. Portland, OR: White House Grocery Press: Plate 7, p. 59; pp. 83 - 86; Color Plate II, # 3, after p. 274; Color Plate VI, # 2, after p. 274.
label: Notes
content: Unangax̂ term "ulux̂tax̂" for a two-hatched kayak (bidarka) provided by Mark Snigaroff from the Native Village of Atka (March 28-April 1, 2016).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Unalaska Island / Unalaska, Aleutian Islands / Fox 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: 022485
label: USNM Number
content: E160336-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kayak
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 58 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6.2 m