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Photograph: Kuvaksa (chum) on the Teriberka River side. Saami

Title:

Photograph: Kuvaksa (chum) on the Teriberka River side

Ethnic groups:

Saami

Territory:

Arkhangelsk province, Aleksandrovsk district

Date:

1914

Dimensions:

8 x 11

Collectors-person:
Kapitsa Leonid L.
Number:

РЭМ 3226-10

Photographer:
Annotation:

Saami family near a kuvaksa, a portable light-frame dwelling place, during summer migration. The kuvaksa was built from poles, of a conical shape, and covered with sheets of canvas or sackcloth. This kind of house is still found in some deer farming households. Abstract by A.A. Zankovskaya