Qayaq. Kayaks of Alaska and Siberia. (Reviews).

From: Arctic | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: Arnold, Charles D. | Copyright information

QAYAQ. KAYAKS OF ALASKA AND SIBERIA. By DAVID W. ZIMMERLY. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2000. 2nd ed. 103 P., map, b&w illus., glossary, bib., index. Softbound. US$16.95.

Among the items I have heard Inuit identify as icons of their culture, three are perhaps most frequently mentioned: inuksuk (an arrangement of boulders often used as a landmark or to direct caribou toward waiting hunters), the amauti (a woman's parka that incorporates an amaut, or baby carrier...

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