Book/Printed Material The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians,
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Image 1 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians,
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 3 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, Lis 0 c -is A^ c A V -i. ^■•V C A 4- Vf*
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 4 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians,
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 5 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PUBLICATIONS IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-67, pis. 1-8, 15 text figures June, 1920 THE WHALING EQUIPMENT OF THE MAKAH INDIANS by T. T....
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 6 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, CONTENTS Page Introduction 4 Alphabet ustd in rtcording Indian words 5 The Chinook Canoe 9 The name Chinook 9 Comparison with the canoes of other j)arts of the Pacific coast 10 Rating...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 7 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, COXTEXTS Page p The Wmale-hun t 38 Religious observances connected with whale hunting, as described by other writers 38 Arrangement of equipment for whaling H The pursuit of the whale H •Ilj...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 8 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES Plate 1. Making a Chinook canoe. Plate 2. Lighthouse Joe, with his harpoon and buoys a canoe under sail. Plate 3. Along the Makah coast. Plate 4. The harpooned whale....
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 9 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, INTRODUCTION The present study was undertaken because of the presence for a time in the city of Seattle of a member of the Makah tribe, Mr. C. Peterson, of Neah Bay. ^Ir....
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 10 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 6 U alcrman [Vol. 1 not, however, represent all of the jMakah sounds. To describe the phonetic elements of this dialect seems to be somewhat troublesome unless they are expounded in physiological...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 11 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 7 release is very sudden but the rush of breath is slight. The combination produces a sharp sound, markedly different from anything in English. The sound itself is very...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 12 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 8 Waterman [Vol. 1 Note. The symbols used in the above tabulation are based on the report of the Committee of the American Anthropological Association on the phonetic transcription of Indian languages....
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 13 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, THE CHINOOK CAXOE Probably the most important factor in the whaling industry of the Makah is the canoe. They procure their food supplies for the most part from the open sea. In...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 14 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 10 U atcniian [Vol. I wind does not concern us here; but the jargon language which passess commonly under the name Chinook, is, like the canoe, the product primarily of the Nootka,^...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 15 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 19201 Makah Indians 11 This type of boat is the one used at the present time by the Yurok along the Klamath River, in Northern California, and by their neighbors. Figure 1...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 16 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 12 Jl atcniuvi o\. 1 The difference just mentioned has been pointed out by previous writers. Niblaok in Plate 3t of his Coast Indians of Southern Alaska, illustrates it with a plate....
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 17 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 13 and transportation canoes. (3) voyaging canoes, and (1) war canoes. Swan*^ groups the canoes of the Makah into four classes. The spelling and accent of the native terms...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 18 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 14 Waterman [Vol. 1 below page 19. The seal are very alert and a boat which squatters over the swells causes them to take alarm. This canoe measures along the bottom 3l/o...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 19 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] ^fakal: Indians 15 mauls of stone (Niblack, p. 297), bone drills, polishing materials, and chisels of mussel-shell (Swan, p. 36). A complete account of each of these tools is given bj...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 20 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 16 Waterman [Vol. 1 Similar incised lines are found in the throat of the prow, and on the stern- piece the parallel incised lines of carving are carried from bow to stern...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 21 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 17 proper dimensions. On the Inill a scarf, tabi dfq* joint is prepared, into which the bow-piece exactly fits. In some cases shoulders in this scarf prevent the bow-piece...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 22 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 18 Waterman [Vol. 1 of the projecting prow are called the ihi iiabAL, (=the edge or margin of a person s ear). The harpoon point rests in this notch when the Indians...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 23 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 19 always ride in stern-foremost. I think this is on account of the fine protection against heavy seas that is afforded by the bow. Both bow and stern-pieces are...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 24 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 20 Waterman [Vol. 1 peacefully as their heads emerge from the waves. The Indian canoe can approacli much more silently than the white man s boat, for this knife-blade at bow or...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 25 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 21 through another perforation, then through the thwart again, and so on, by the method shown in Fig. 7, until the thwart is firmly bound in place. The remainder...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 26 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 22 Waterman [Vol. 1 fitted with ribs, and the seats made of plank, and the small canoes often have thole- pins or metal oarlocks. Care of the Hull The outside of the...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 27 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 23 roe (a tc pab). The Indian red (red ochre) is called LtxtC£ t bis. The combina- tion dries very quickly. The charcoal used in painting is called tibt...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 28 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 24 Waterman [Vol. 1 e, f. 9-9 mast, tLaxsi b. noose at masthead. upper yard. tLiicVixtub tLucak=^a rod: liideaxtiL=over the top), sail of matting, Ltsa p iyak Li tsAk^to spread: hidap up)....
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 29 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 25 1, 1, 1, 1. Warp tlements. 2, 2, 2, 2, Woof elements. 3,3 Broad ribbon-like strips of eedar-bark. 1 cm. wide, dyed black, and worked in along the...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 30 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 26 Waterman [Vol. 1 a hole made in the mast itself. At top and bottom the warp threads project beyond the fabric in the form of loops. Through these loops a round...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 31 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 27 with perch-oil, and blackened it by burning with piece of pitch wood (Boas, 1909, p. 498). This black color never comes off. Additional notes on the paddle The...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 32 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 28 n aieriiian [Vol. 1 tstjsiSIS S^ -sss^s-ssiK-ss-sjittrfis si
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 33 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 29 in the bottom of the crease prevents it from being worn in two through scraping the sides and bottom of the boat. A more effective utensil than this...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 34 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 30 Waternian [Vol. 1 from age or the drying out of the wood. Cedar-bark string is used because it does not loosen when wet, as sinew or seal-gut would do. The string...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 35 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 31 A socket is fashioned in the reai- ot the head, into which the point of the wooden harpoon-shaft exactly fits. The blade, or cutting edge, was formerly made...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 36 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 32 Waterman [Vol. 1 shorter. With luck a harpooner could at the first blow drive his weapon into the huge bulk of the whale clear to the lungs. The intention in applying...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 37 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indii 33 basket, called ha ^iL (Plate 5). This bag or basket is of checkerwork, and has a flaring top. The basket in which ordinary fishing tackle is kept, is...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 38 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 34 Waterman [Vol. 1 METHOD OF ASSEMBLING PARTS The haftB (1 and 2) are brought together along the line 6-7. A wide groove, 3-4, eirtending around these hafts, serves to hold in...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 39 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 1920] Makah Indians 35 Pio. 13 The float or buoj- a, the complete float with its attachments and plug for inflation. Diameter at widest part, 17 inelies (43 cm). detail drawing showing...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920
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Image 40 of The whaling equipment of the Makah Indians, 36 Waterman [Vol. 1 possible. These folds are then fastened down to the spool by winding with gut string. A peg or skewer is then thrust transversely through the folds of hide,...
- Contributor: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot)
- Date: 1920