Boats
1674
Schefferus writes that the boat-makers made boats of pine or deal boards and sewed them with twigs. Olaus Magnus and Johannes Tornaeus say with roots of trees, and the book says most commonly with reindeer sinews. They caulked them with moss. They used two or four oars, fastened so that one man could row with two. The book has no picture of the boat. (Schefferus 1674)
Ålloluokta
A boat with oars at Ålloluokta, in Jokkmokk, in 1948. Metal fastenings are visible. This is not the sewn boat of 1674. (Norsk Folkemuseum)
Skolt
A rope-boat from Siida’s collection. The catalog calls it Skolt, and says the bottom boards were often sewn because the boats were dragged by reindeer. The whole boat is not called sewn here. (Sámi Museum Siida)
Lovozero
A boat from the Kola side is missing. We are asking the Lovozero museum.
Lovozero museum