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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.
Date Photographed 1881, published 1884
Source 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.
Author Hooper, Calvin L.; photographer Edward William Nelson
Other versions An Engraving based on this photo was included in Nelson's book. File:Plover Bay women Nichols after Nelson.PNG

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