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Eskimo tent
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a tent of skins, used as a summer dwelling.
See: tupek
Quotations
1749
We saw also at our first landing a round of Stones, which we supposed had been the Foundation of one of the Eskemaux Tents.
1852
Soon afterward we saw two Eskimo tents on the extreme point of the island.
1914
At the edge of the spruce woods on the western slope we saw some Eskimo tents and a number of musk-ox skins spread out over the big boulders, but there was no one in sight.