. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. 80 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 gulf was about 18 feet high, while its diameter at the bottom was about 20 feet. Possibly this was the kind of tent that Hearne saw at the mouth of the Copper- mine river, though his description is far from clear. It is much less common than the rectangular tent, yet the Copper Eskimos have used- it for "as long as they can remember. The conical tent described by Murdoch from Barrow, Alaska, and by Mr. Stefansson from the Mackenzie delta, differed from the Copper Eskimo type
. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. 80 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 gulf was about 18 feet high, while its diameter at the bottom was about 20 feet. Possibly this was the kind of tent that Hearne saw at the mouth of the Copper- mine river, though his description is far from clear. It is much less common than the rectangular tent, yet the Copper Eskimos have used- it for "as long as they can remember. The conical tent described by Murdoch from Barrow, Alaska, and by Mr. Stefansson from the Mackenzie delta, differed from the Copper Eskimo type in that only four or five of the poles reached the apex of the cone, the remainder leaning against a hoop that passed over the principal poles some 6 feet from the ground.^. (Photo by R. M. Anderson). Fig. 27. A spring tent with an outer wall and passage of snow-blocks The inland Eskimos of northern Alaska, and some of the Mackenzie natives, often use bee-hive tents of an altogether different shape; originally they were made of deerskin, but this has now been superseded by cloth. The frame is of pliant willow sticks, which are bent over in pairs and lashed together to form a series of arches.^ The Copper Eskimos, however, are unacquainted with this style of tent, which is more akin to one used by the Indians. The summer tent of the Copper Eskimos has the same shape as their rectan- gular spring tent, only it is much smaller and made of lighter skins. Often indeed, they use not deerskins but sealskins, from which the hair has been ^Murdoch, p. 86; Stefansson, Anthrop. Papers, , Vol. XIV, pt. I, p. 26 et seq. 2See the excellent photographs in E. de K. Leffingwell, The Canning River Region, Northern Alaska, Interior Department, , Professional Paper 109, Plate VII., Washington 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 per
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