Building a Kayak

Series: Netsilik Eskimo, Series
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 64 min.
Year of production: 1967
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: The series shows how life used to be among the Netsilik when they still lived apart and depended on the land and their own ingenuity to sustain life through the rigours of the Arctic year. The filming was done in the Pelly Bay region of the Canadian Arctic. In two 32-minute parts: 1) High summer. The run-off is in full flow and it is time for the Inuit to build a kayak. The whole family is involved in shaping this invaluable tool; 2) Work continues on the kayak. There are more skins to soak, more ribs to be split and shaped, more bending and binding. Finally the kayak is ready. The men launch and test their new kayak and admire its performance.
Subjects: Anthropology
Keywords: Canada; Indians of North & South America; Inuit; Netsilik; social life and customs

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