42 second, color/silent, film clip of King Islanders attaching a skin hull to an umiak frame. The film opens with men dragging the wooden umiak frame across the snow. Then one of the people cuts the skin and several lace it onto the frame.
(4:17 min) (08 of 20) Nome was different--seasonal office--King Islanders--Larger territory--lighterage companies--Hireing longshoremen--Lomen Comercial Co.--ship fire--insurance--general average agreements
Title taken from image. Five St Lawrence Islanders pose with two sailors in white caps. Behind them is a new style or "Chuckchi style" house with wooden walls and roof covered in sail cloth. Several seal gut parkas are hung on the sides of the...