. Bulletin. Ethnology. -TEHi; ESKIMO. (Murdoch) suits dye to the local conditions. It may be observed that of the various condition- ing agencies of environment one may dominate in one district and another in another district, but with our present imperfect knowledge of the facts in a ma- jority, of cases the full analysis of condi- tions and effects is not yet possible. It is not to be expected that the build- SECTION OF HOUSE, WESTERN ESKIMO. (MURDOCH) ing arts can flourish within the Arctic circle. Along the many thousands of miles of N. shore line agriculture is out of the question. Wood i
. Bulletin. Ethnology. -TEHi; ESKIMO. (Murdoch) suits dye to the local conditions. It may be observed that of the various condition- ing agencies of environment one may dominate in one district and another in another district, but with our present imperfect knowledge of the facts in a ma- jority, of cases the full analysis of condi- tions and effects is not yet possible. It is not to be expected that the build- SECTION OF HOUSE, WESTERN ESKIMO. (MURDOCH) ing arts can flourish within the Arctic circle. Along the many thousands of miles of N. shore line agriculture is out of the question. Wood is known only as it drifts from the s. along the icy shores, and save for the presence of oil-producing animals of the sea primi- tive man could not exist. Snow, ice, stone, bones of animals, and driftwood. PLAN OF HOUSE, WESTERN ESKIMO. (MURDOCH are the materials available for building, and these are utilized for dwellings and storage places according to the require- ments and capacities of the tribes. The house is depressed beneath the surface of the ground, partly, perhaps, better to withstand the cold, and partly, no doubt, l>ecause of the lack of necessary timbers to build walls and span the space re-. 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 Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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