Village at Plover [Providence] Bay, Siberia. Houses of walrus hide supported by drift wood poles lashed together | Collections | The Huntington

Village at Plover [Providence] Bay, Siberia. Houses of walrus hide supported by drift wood poles lashed together | Collections | The Huntington

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