. The American Museum of Natural History : pictorial guide. American Museum of Natural History; Natural history museums. COPPER ESKIMO IN CEREMONIAL CLOTHING MODEL OF ESKIMO WINTER HOUSE. -«,»«»- .-*-Srt>»«IBBEl»-- ESKIMOS To live in the rigorous Arctic environ- ment of snow and ice, the Eskimos had to develop special skills and cultural adaptations that have long been of par- ticular interest to anthropologists. A basic requirement was ingenuity in fash- ioning tools and obtaining food from a severely limited range of raw materials. One exhibit simulates houses made of snow; others show bl


. The American Museum of Natural History : pictorial guide. American Museum of Natural History; Natural history museums. COPPER ESKIMO IN CEREMONIAL CLOTHING MODEL OF ESKIMO WINTER HOUSE. -«,»«»- .-*-Srt>»«IBBEl»-- ESKIMOS To live in the rigorous Arctic environ- ment of snow and ice, the Eskimos had to develop special skills and cultural adaptations that have long been of par- ticular interest to anthropologists. A basic requirement was ingenuity in fash- ioning tools and obtaining food from a severely limited range of raw materials. One exhibit simulates houses made of snow; others show blubber-burning lamps, cooking implements, children's games, and many other artifacts of Es- kimo culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Since that time, re- peated contact with technologically ad- vanced society has greatly changed Eskimo Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Museum of Natural History. New York : American Museum of Natural History


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