> I noticed some pretty cool looking hats in George Dyson's book
> "Baidarka", referred to as Aleut traditional bentwood hats. Does
> anyone know how these hats were constructed? I imagine a variety of
> materials such as seal skins and wiskers and puffin feathers were used-
> I'm interested in the bent wood aspects.

My paddling friend, Jim Vermillion, has one he got from the Seattle area. Some one makes them there. You can contact him at 907 276-8282 through his company, Adventures and Delights. He knows who makes them and how.