A scene with a traditional Sami home, clothing, and customs. Figures are numbered; the key is provided in the text (see v. 2, p. 282-98). The house (no. 1) is a tent with a door through which you can see a woman cooking over a fire. To left of the tent is a small house in a tree used for drying fish (no. 4); a woman carries a baby in a traditional carrier (no. 5); in the back ground on the right is a 'magic' drum (no. 9); other figures demonstrate sleds drawn by reindeer, skis, milking, etc
Alternative Title:
Lapland hut
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Added title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's Travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and "Tom. 2. No. XIV."--Upper right corner.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):
Lapland.
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Sami (European people), Cookery, Dogs, Drums, Houses, Infants, Milking, Mothers, Reindeer, Skiing, and Sleds & sleighs
