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Photograph: Chum, a conical portable dwelling-place of deer herdsmen. Komi

Title:

Photograph: Chum, a conical portable dwelling-place of deer herdsmen.

Ethnic groups:

Komi

Date:

1934

Collectors-person:
Dimensions:

9 x 12

Number:

РЭМ 9139-8

Annotation:

The conical shape of the chum allows snow to slide down easily, without retaining it on the surface, and makes the chum stable at strong winds. Abstract by A.A. Chuvyurov