Inuit architecture?

Question

What is the name for the narrow entranceway into a native Alaskan home?

I was playing Balderdash one day and my cousin covered up that, the real answer, with his thumb. He accidentally read "the narrow entranceway into a native Alaskan", which caused many snickers because that's a vagina.

Obviously, nobody can remember the word now. So what is the name for the narrow entranceway into a native Alaskan home?

Answer 1

Symbolically, yes, in traditional Alaskan folk idiom.
Totemic carvings bring to life the history of Alaska's past and the present. Totems are symbolic representations of animals or humans. Each tribal family's heritage is crafted into the totemic design of representative Alaskan wildlife such as the wolf or eagle.
Europeans gave the name "totem pole" to the carved wooden poles made by the Northwest Indian tribes such as the Tlinkit Indians. Since they had no written language, the Tlinket used the totems for recording family historical events. Totem poles are read from the bottom up. The order of the crests tells a story of a particular pot latch or other important event.
Poles were built for different reasons: to show that one owed a debt to another; as wall supports or as part of the entrance to a home; as a memorial and a container for the cremated remains of a person; to commemorate special occasions, such as a pot latch, wedding or battle. The height of the pole was a sign of wealth and power.
Approximate Size: KC-3 8.75in.
Handmade crafts vary in size, color, shades and material such as wood grain.
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