Aleut bidara (a skin covered boat) design plan, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, in engraving made 1807

• Main Author: Langsdorff, G. H. von (Georg Heinrich), 1774-1852
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Engravings; Aleuts > Arts & crafts; Aleuts > Transportation; Skin boats > Alaska; The Ribs; aleut; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/2247; http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=2247

Photograph of engraving showing the top, side & end views of the wooden frame of a multi-seat, skin covered boat Note from unidentified source: a) the keel b) the rear piece, which is fastened together with the keel c) the board, which rests on the keel d) cross laths which lie on the keel e) po...