Subject: Re: [baidarka] Re: Hunting tools
From: baidarka@earthlink.net
Date: Tue Aug 12 2003 - 04:47:07 EDT
There is a guy in the backwoods of Alaska named Dean Robertson, who has done a lot of research on traditional hunting tools. His idea of research is to live off the land and survive using the traditional tools, after having studied them in the museums and books. He has made miniatures of several of the traditional kayak hunting tools. You might find Dean at forestlife@yahoo.com. (yeah, an Alaskan mountain man with internet...)
Dean really walks his talk. It's not just a hobby for him, it's dinner. He has a baidarka, but I don't know if he is currently near the water or back in the mountains. He's taken me to his camp before when he was on Baranof, and he is quite a trip. You will enjoy the contact.
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From: keewatin <keewatin@warpmail.net>
Sent: 08/11/03 01:03 PM
To: baidarka <baidarka@paddlewise.net>
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Hunting tools
>
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:01:25 EDT, ArkoderKrieger@aol.com said:
> Hi All,
> First time poster. Names Arko. I built an Eastern Canadian kayak
> recently
> and have started to try to equip it with the original tools associated
> with
> it.
> So far I have a winter harpoon, a sealing harpoon with bone tips and
bent
> foresight, toggle type head and associated lines, rests and floats, a
> bird
> dart
> and throwing board, a bladder dart w/float, a niqchiq ( basically a boat
> hook)
> which was used for a multitude of tasks and I want to start a "killing
> lance",
> but Boas does not give a very thorough description of this one. does
> anyone
> have knowledge of how this lance would best be represented? Lances from
> The
> Belchers,Povungnituq, Ivuyivik etc. should be the same generally.
> Basically
> the
> East coast of Hudson Bay and around the Hudson Strait areas.
In _The Central Eskimo_, Boas shows a drawing of a walrus lance, Figure
43, though without great detail. Dont know if thats what you're looking
for or not. If it is, perhaps more detailed info can be had from the
Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin, or its modern day equivalent.
Wayne
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