ARC 1176.258, A Yuit Summer House, Plover Bay

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Record ID: 
220432
Accession number: 
ARC 1176.258
Photographer: 
Edward S. Curtis
Title: 
A Yuit Summer House, Plover Bay
Summary: 

A Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) summer house, or topek, constructed of reindeer skins stretched over poles, with inflated seal skin.

Created: 
ca. 1899
Printed/Manufactured: 
United States, ca. 1905-1910
Description: 
1 lantern slide : photograph on glass, black and white ; 3 1/4 x 4 inches (lantern slide format)
Notes: 

Title supplied by cataloger.
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).

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