Eskimos in umiaks alongside the GEO. W. ELDER, 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 157, right. Umiaks were boats made of walrus skins stretched over wooden frames. Caption on image: Eskimos in Umiaks, Plover Bay, Siberia Photogra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Yuit Eskimos > Clothing & dress > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay
Steamboats > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay
Leather garments > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay
Fur garments
Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
George W. Elder (Steamship)
Yuit Eskimos > Boats > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay
Parkas > Russia (Federation) > Plover Bay
Plover Bay (Russia)
Bering Strait
Plover Bay
eskimo*
Alaska
Siberia
walrus*
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/harriman/id/181
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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 157, right. Umiaks were boats made of walrus skins stretched over wooden frames. Caption on image: Eskimos in Umiaks, Plover Bay, Siberia Photograph taken by Dr. Clinton Hart Merriam, Chief of the Biological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, member of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition.

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