Umiaq

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Standing by his baidarka (walrus skin boat), Yakov Vukutagin, hunts seals from the shoreline at Dezhnovka. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Standing by his baidarka (walrus skin boat), Yakov Vukutagin, hunts seals from the shoreline at Dezhnovka. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Eskimo whale hunters paddling an Umiak, made from wood & skin. Point Hope, Alaska.

Eskimo hunters secure the Bowhead whale from their Umiak. Point Hope. Alaska

Eskimo hunters secure the Bowhead whale from their Umiak. Point Hope. Alaska

New Umiak made from wood and split Walrus? skins. It rests high on a rack. Point Hope. Alaska

Oleg Ukutagin drags a Baidarka (Umiaq) while hunting at the floe edge. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Jawbones of a Bowhead Whale form the archway under the midnight sun. Barrow. Alaska. 1997

A Nenets woman's reindeer skin boot decorated with beadwork. Yar-Sale. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Sergey Skhaugye, a Yupik Eskimo hunter from the village of Sireniki, holding a model of a traditional Baidara boat he has built. Providensky Region, Chukotka, Russian Far East.

Details of the lashings on an Eskimo, skin whaling boat or Umiaq in Barrow. Alaska. 1997

Detail of a walrus hunting scene engraved onto a walrus tusk. Chukotka, Eastern Siberia. 2010

Oleg Ukutagin with a Baidarka (Umiaq) while hunting at the floe edge. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Oleg Ukutagin drags a Baidarka, Umiaq, while hunting at the floe edge. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Standing by his baidarka (walrus skin boat), Yakov Vukutagin, hunts seals from the shoreline at Dezhnovka. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

A whale bone carving of men carrying a baidara (walrus skin boat). Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2004

Eskimo whale hunters paddling an Umiak, made from wood & skin. Point Hope, Alaska.

Eskimo whale hunters paddling an Umiak, made from wood & skin. Point Hope, Alaska.

Eskimo whale hunters paddling an Umiak, made from wood & skin. Point Hope, Alaska.

Qulutanguaq, an Inuit hunter, getting out of his sealskin kayak after a hunting trip. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Qulutanguaq, an Inuit hunter, checks his sealskin kayak before going hunting in Inglefield Bredning. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Oleg Ukutagin drags a Baidarka (Umiaq) while hunting at the floe edge. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Oleg Ukutagin drags a Baidarka (Umiaq) while hunting at the floe edge. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. 2002

Qulutanguaq, an Inuit hunter, out Narwhal hunting in his sealskin covered kayak near Qeqertat in Inglefield Bredening, Northwest Greenland. (1980) Northwest Greenland. 1980

Jawbones of a Bowhead Whale form the Archway. Umiaks beside it. Barrow. N.Alaska. 1997

Engraving of Inuit in skin Umiaks. Some are wearing labrets, shell or bone worn as lip ornament. Alaska.