Eskimo boys in front of old granite pit, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, between 1901 and 1906
Handwritten in album beneath image: In every pit the stone facing the sea is a single large stone. Handwritten elsewhere in album: Handwritten in album about pits: For several miles Cape Prince of Wales is keeper of prehistoric secrets. Underground chambers, pits made of huge granite boulders hewn a...
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| Summary: | Handwritten in album beneath image: In every pit the stone facing the sea is a single large stone. Handwritten elsewhere in album: Handwritten in album about pits: For several miles Cape Prince of Wales is keeper of prehistoric secrets. Underground chambers, pits made of huge granite boulders hewn and placed in pits - 12 feet apart with remarkable engineering feats. Old pottery thousands of years old, jade, petrified ivory and 2 skeletons have been found. Most of these relics are possessed by the Museum of Ethnology, Penn. University. PH Coll 49.84 |
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