BOAT BUILDING
The Indians living in the neighborhood of lakes and rivers possess dories or canoes which vary in size from tiny craft 5 to 6 feet long by 16 to 18 inches beam, capable of holding only a single individual, to large craft 25 feet or more in length, large enough to hold a dozen people. All their canoes are constructed by the simple process of hollowing out large logs, the more durable ones being made from cedar, the lighter ones from wild cotton (yaxche).
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 64 PLATE 5.
MAYA WOMAN, 105 YEARS OLD, SPINNING COTTON.
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 64 PLATE 6.