. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. PRIMITIVE BARK SHELTER, YAKUTAT BAY. since trees large enough to furnish such bark do not grow in the neighborhood. At most of these bark shelters, skins of the hair seal still on the drying frames, were leaning against the wall, outside, and in some cases had been thrown up on the roof. In the center of this shelter is the circle of stones forming the fire place, and over the fire, resting on the stones, is the pot full of strips of seal blubber, fi from which the oil is being tried out. The woman who watches the pot from time to time ladl
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. PRIMITIVE BARK SHELTER, YAKUTAT BAY. since trees large enough to furnish such bark do not grow in the neighborhood. At most of these bark shelters, skins of the hair seal still on the drying frames, were leaning against the wall, outside, and in some cases had been thrown up on the roof. In the center of this shelter is the circle of stones forming the fire place, and over the fire, resting on the stones, is the pot full of strips of seal blubber, fi from which the oil is being tried out. The woman who watches the pot from time to time ladles out the oil into small kegs and old tin cans, or rarely into ornamented rectangular boxes of a primitive type. These boxes, as is well known, are made in three. OIL 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 Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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