View of sod house at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, with animal skins hanging on racks at right. 1962. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Title taken from information with photo. Winter view of sod house at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, with smokestack and antlers on top of building. 1962. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 2 1/4" x 2 1/4".
This dome shaped type of tent is called a Qalluvik in Iñupiaq. Willows for the frame were collected inland, around Atqasuk, then bent into curved shape and tied together to make tent frame. It was then covered with canvas. (Early Iñupiaq tents...