Inuit women and children outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canada

Ten Inuit women and children are seated in front of a skin tent in the Hudson Bay area of the Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 21. Such tents provided shelter during summer. Taken by Captain...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5343
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Summary:Ten Inuit women and children are seated in front of a skin tent in the Hudson Bay area of the Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as # 21. Such tents provided shelter during summer. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam. He went to sea while still in his teens and was later master of vessels from both New London and New Bedford. Comer participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment.