Esquimaux Igloe, or Winter Hut, Made of Turf and Stones
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Esquimaux Igloe, or Winter Hut, Made of Turf and Stones
The Arctic Regions: Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland
1869
Albumen silver print
Image: 10 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27 × 35.2 cm)
Mount: 19 × 24 1/4 in. (48.2 × 61.6 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1979.0071.0022
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, BC: No. 116. Esquimaux Igloe or Winter Hut, made of turf and stones. The entrance is to the left through a Door which is about three and a half feet high. The length of \ the Passage is about twelve or fifteen feet, and at the farther end is another Door, through which one has almost to crawl on his hands and knees. After passing \ through there is then room to stand erect, but one is forced to leave very soon, owing to the bad air.
