Eskimo summer house, or topek, constructed of reindeer skins stretched over poles, Plover Bay, Siberia, July 1899., Taken on 1 July 1899

From album entitled: a souvenir of the harriman alaska expedition, may - august, 1899. Volume ii, cook inlet to bering strait and the return voyage, leaf 161. Shows inflated seal skins hanging from dwellings. Caption on image: eskimo village--plover bay photograph taken by edward s. Curtis, official photographer, member of the 1899 harriman alaska expedition. Subjects (lctgm): yuit eskimos--structures--russia (federation)--plover bay; hides & skins subjects (lcsh): harriman alaska expedition (1899); yuit eskimos--dwellings--russia (federation)--plover bay; plover bay (russia). Date: Taken on 1 July 1899. Medium: silver. Depicted Place: Russia, Siberia, Plover Bay. Collection: University of Washington.