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Lapinkylä

Dwellings

1674

Schefferus’s book of 1674 draws a tent and a storehouse. The book calls the storehouse a nalla and says it was raised on a cut tree. This is not a measured house from one place. (Schefferus 1674)

1674. A tent and a storehouse the book calls a nalla.
1674. A tent and a storehouse the book calls a nalla.Drawing: Johannes Schefferus. Licence: Public domain. The image is unchanged.

Magerøya

A hand-coloured lithograph from 1842–1856. The museum titles it a lavvu on Magerøya. The print’s own French title uses the word Lapons. This is a print, not a photograph of one lavvu. (Nasjonalmuseet)

1842–1856. A print the museum titles as a lavvu on Magerøya.
1842–1856. A print the museum titles as a lavvu on Magerøya.Drawing: Adolphe Bayot, photograph Andreas Harvik, Nasjonalmuseet. Licence: CC BY 4.0. The image is unchanged.

Arvidsjaur

Anton Norsa’s gamme at Abraure, in Arvidsjaur. The museum says it was built in 1915 and photographed in 1948. It is wood. The Sámi Parliament glossary describes a kota as a longer-stay dwelling with four curved poles, and also names a log form of the kota. (Norsk Folkemuseum; Sámi Parliament of Finland)

1948. A wooden gamme. The museum says it was built in 1915.
1948. A wooden gamme. The museum says it was built in 1915.Photo: Asbjørn Nesheim, Norsk Folkemuseum. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. The image is unchanged.

Målselv

A lavvu in Målselv in 1958. In the Sámi Parliament glossary a lavvu has no curved kota poles: the poles cross at the top. It is light and temporary. The Finnish open shelter called a laavu is a different building. (Anno Glomdalsmuseet; Sámi Parliament of Finland)

1958. A lavvu in snow. The poles cross at the top.
1958. A lavvu in snow. The poles cross at the top.Photo: Dagfinn Grønoset, Anno Glomdalsmuseet. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. The image is unchanged.

Kautokeino

Norsk Folkemuseum’s 1953 photograph from Vuorasvarre is of a fishing gamme, but the building is not in the picture. A turf kota from this district is missing until the museum provides one.

Norsk Folkemuseum

Inari

A kota in Inari. The photograph is from 1959. The catalog names it a kota. (Sámi Museum Siida)

1959. A kota. Photograph from 1959.
1959. A kota. Photograph from 1959.Photo: Sámi Museum Siida. Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. The image is unchanged.

Jokkmokk

A photograph of a kota or a lavvu from Jokkmokk is missing. We are asking Ájtte.

Ájtte

Lovozero

A photograph of a kota or a lavvu on the Kola side is missing. We are asking the Lovozero museum.

Lovozero museum