_Komatik_

komatik n This slide has almost gone out of use now. It was used occasionally by the children and teenagers for riding (about 1945-50 as I can recall). But its greatest use was in hauling food and drygoods from [-] anot[-] a store in the community or from another community. A team of of dogs pulled...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/39214
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Summary:komatik n This slide has almost gone out of use now. It was used occasionally by the children and teenagers for riding (about 1945-50 as I can recall). But its greatest use was in hauling food and drygoods from [-] anot[-] a store in the community or from another community. A team of of dogs pulled the slide while a man guided or steered it by using the "harns". (over) [reverse] "harns" rungs - pronounced "rongs" [image] rope < --- 7 ft --- > DNE-cit JH 8/72 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used koamatic, komatic, comatic, comatick, commeteck, kamutik, kometik, ESKIMO SLED, komatik-box, COACH BOX, komatik-dog, ESKIMO DOG, QAMUTIK, ~ box, ~ side Checked by Raji Sreeni on Mon 03 Aug 2015; It is the reverse of K_13497; Stamped but not used