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DescriptionPlover Bay women 1881 Nelson.JPG
English: Two native women of Plover (Provideniya) Bay. The original identified them as Chukchi without any attempt to distinguish Chukchi from Yupik. Nelson's later book, the Eskimo about Behring Strait (1900) describes the inhabitants of Plover Bay, observed on this visit, as Eskimo (Yuit). Cropped slightly from original.
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Photographed 1881, published 1884
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Report of the cruise of the U.S. revenue steamer Thomas Corwin, in the Arctic Ocean, 1881. Govt. print. off., Washington. https://books.google.com/books?id=4JcSAAAAYAAJ.
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Hooper, Calvin L.; photographer Edward William Nelson
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An Engraving based on this photo was included in Nelson's book. File:Plover Bay women Nichols after Nelson.PNG
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