Eskimo summer house, or topek, constructed of reindeer skins stretched over poles, Plover Bay, Siberia, July 1899.

From album entitled: A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, May - August, 1899. Volume II, Cook Inlet to Bering Strait and the Return Voyage, leaf 161. Shows inflated seal skins hanging from dwellings. Caption on image: Eskimo Village--Plover Bay Photograph taken by Edward S. Curtis, official...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Yuit Eskimos > Structures > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay
Hides & skins
Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
Yuit Eskimos > Dwellings > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay
Plover Bay (Russia)
Bering Strait
Plover Bay
eskimo*
Alaska
Siberia
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/harriman/id/177
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Summary:From album entitled: A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, May - August, 1899. Volume II, Cook Inlet to Bering Strait and the Return Voyage, leaf 161. Shows inflated seal skins hanging from dwellings. Caption on image: Eskimo Village--Plover Bay Photograph taken by Edward S. Curtis, official photographer, member of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition.

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