goahti
Sign in to savethumb|Reconstruction of a peat goahti at Skansen open-air museum thumb|A reconstruction of a wooden goahti right|thumb|A Sami family in front of goahti. The tent in the background is a lavvu. Note the differences in the pole placement of the two structures. This photo was taken around 1900 in northern [[Scandinavia.]] A goahti (Northern Sámi), goahte (Lule Sámi), gåhte (Pite Sámi), gåhtie (Ume Sámi), куэдтҍ (Kildin Sámi), or gåetie (Southern Sámi), (also gábma), (Norwegian: gamme, Finnish: kota, Swedish: kåta), is a Sámi hut or tent of three types of covering: fabric, peat moss or timber. The
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thumb|Reconstruction of a peat goahti at Skansen open-air museum thumb|A reconstruction of a wooden goahti right|thumb|A Sami family in front of goahti. The tent in the background is a lavvu. Note the differences in the pole placement of the two structures. This photo was taken around 1900 in northern [[Scandinavia.]] A goahti (Northern Sámi), goahte (Lule Sámi), gåhte (Pite Sámi), gåhtie (Ume Sámi), куэдтҍ (Kildin Sámi), or gåetie (Southern Sámi), (also gábma), (Norwegian: gamme, Finnish: kota, Swedish: kåta), is a Sámi hut or tent of three types of covering: fabric, peat moss or timber. The fabric-covered goahti looks very similar to a Sami lavvu, but often constructed slightly larger. In its tent version the goahti is also called a "curved pole" lavvu, or a "bread box" lavvu as the shape is more elongated while the lavvu is in a circular shape.
==Construction== The interior construction of the poles is thus: 1) four poles curved at one end ( long), 2) one straight horizontal center pole ( long), and 3) approximately a dozen straight wall-poles ( long). All the pole sizes can vary considerably.