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| Keywords: Topek construction Plover Bay Whymper.PNG en Shows the construction of a topek Yupik Eskimo summer house at Plover Provideniya Bay Chukotka Russia The author describes this as a Chukchi house but by most evidence the natives at Plover Bay were Yupik though they had adopted some chukchi practices This house is in the style of a Topek since it is assymetric and slope-roofed rather than dome shaped like a Chukchi Yaranga 1868 Travel and adventure in the territory of Alaska formerly Russian America London John Murray http //books google com/books id sFc1AAAAMAAJ Whymper Frederick author and artist; engraver unknown 1868 Provideniya Bay Inuit houses Collins Overland telegraph Yupik PD-old | ||||
