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The Pirogue maker

United States, 1962
film

The shaping of a small boat known as a pirogue, from a cypress tree trunk; an intriguing record of a fast-dying art by descendents of the Acadians who left No..

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Cesar's bark canoe

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People along the Mississippi

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Crafts of my province = Artisans de nouveau Brunswick [French language]

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C'est l'aviron

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Dories

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The Empty seas

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Raft

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