Photograph: Kuvaksa (chum) on the Teriberka River side
Saami
Arkhangelsk province, Aleksandrovsk district
1914
8 x 11
РЭМ 3226-10
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
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