Luokti (no.7) – storage of larger items
Luokti is a building for storing large items. It consists of posts supporting a roof.
This Luokti was built on the museum site in 1984 by Nils Turi and Thorolf Bjørnback. It is a reconstruction of semi-open storage buildings typical for Sámis along the River Tana valley (Deatnu in Sámi).
Map of the river Tana: Deanu leahki
The storehouse from Bieskkenjárga (no.8)
This storehouse from Bieskkenjárga was owned by Berit Ellen Balto (1916–1989). She was born and raised in Bieskkenjárga and owned a farm there. She was a famous joiker. Bieskkenjárga is about 20 km from Karasjok up the river Karasjok.
Map of Bieskkenjárga and Karasjok: Bieskkenjárga and Kárášjohka.
Between 1978–1979 the storehouse was moved from Bieskkenjárga to Karasjok by craftsmen Jon Ole Andersen and Nils Turi. The storehouse is now part of the open air museum. In 1979 Andersen and Turi built a new door for the storehouse and repaired its roof. The roof is covered with sods on top of several layers of birch bark. Birch bark is eminently suitable as a roof covering because it is strong, water-resistant and soil-resistant, enough to last for generations. In 2014 museum technician Bror Ivar Salamonsen replaced the old birch bark and sod roofing.