Esquimaux Toupek or Skin Tent
Bound volume
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.
