Esquimaux Toupek or Skin Tent

Esquimaux Toupek or Skin Tent

Bound volume

John L. Dunmore

Maker
American, 1833–1897

George P. Critcherson

Maker
American, 1823–1892

Esquimaux Toupek or Skin Tent

The Arctic Regions: Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland


1869
Albumen silver print
Image: 10 9/16 × 14 13/16 in. (26.9 × 37.7 cm)
Mount: 19 × 24 1/4 in. (48.2 × 61.6 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1979.0071.0024
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, BC: No. 121. Esquimaux Toupek or Skin Tent. The boat or kayak is placed on poles to keep it from dogs, which destroy everything they can reach.
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