Six Kenepetu (Inuit) women on deck of vessel, Canadian Arctic
Six women identified as Kenepetu (Inuit) are on the deck of the whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford in the Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. The wheel and rigging of the vessel are partially visible to the right. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5417 2023-05-15T14:50:22+02:00 Six Kenepetu (Inuit) women on deck of vessel, Canadian Arctic Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1897 - 1912 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5417 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5417 Accession number: 1963.1767.46 local: ms_m169047.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5417 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Inuit Whaling ships Schooners Sailing ships Ships Era (Schooner) StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:53:59Z Six women identified as Kenepetu (Inuit) are on the deck of the whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford in the Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. The wheel and rigging of the vessel are partially visible to the right. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as photo #23, #A61. The Inuit identified as Kenepitic, Kenepetu or Kenepitu were from the Chesterfield Inlet region; the modern designation for the group is Qaernermiut. The schooner Era was built in 1847 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was a New London whaling vessel until her last voyage out of that port in 1892; her masters included James Monroe Buddington, John O. Spicer, and George Comer. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906. The schooner A.T. Gifford was built in 1883 at Essex, Massachusetts. George Comer was her master during one of his Arctic voyages in which he mapped areas in the Hudson Bay area. 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. ""Kenepetu"" is one of several spellings he used to identify the Qaernermiut group. Still Image Arctic Chesterfield Inlet Hudson Bay inuit Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Chesterfield Inlet ENVELOPE(-90.705,-90.705,63.342,63.342) Hudson Hudson Bay Monroe ENVELOPE(-46.050,-46.050,-60.600,-60.600) New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) The Schooner ENVELOPE(-55.665,-55.665,49.617,49.617) |
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Six women identified as Kenepetu (Inuit) are on the deck of the whaling schooner Era or A.T. Gifford in the Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. The wheel and rigging of the vessel are partially visible to the right. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as photo #23, #A61. The Inuit identified as Kenepitic, Kenepetu or Kenepitu were from the Chesterfield Inlet region; the modern designation for the group is Qaernermiut. The schooner Era was built in 1847 at Boston, Massachusetts. She was a New London whaling vessel until her last voyage out of that port in 1892; her masters included James Monroe Buddington, John O. Spicer, and George Comer. She was wrecked off Miquelon Island, July 27, 1906. The schooner A.T. Gifford was built in 1883 at Essex, Massachusetts. George Comer was her master during one of his Arctic voyages in which he mapped areas in the Hudson Bay area. 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. ""Kenepetu"" is one of several spellings he used to identify the Qaernermiut group. |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Comer, George (Creator) |
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Six Kenepetu (Inuit) women on deck of vessel, Canadian Arctic |
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Six Kenepetu (Inuit) women on deck of vessel, Canadian Arctic |
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Six Kenepetu (Inuit) women on deck of vessel, Canadian Arctic |
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Six Kenepetu (Inuit) women on deck of vessel, Canadian Arctic |
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Six Kenepetu (Inuit) women on deck of vessel, Canadian Arctic |
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six kenepetu (inuit) women on deck of vessel, canadian arctic |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1897 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5417 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) |
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ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-90.705,-90.705,63.342,63.342) ENVELOPE(-46.050,-46.050,-60.600,-60.600) ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) ENVELOPE(-55.665,-55.665,49.617,49.617) |
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Arctic Bedford Chesterfield Inlet Hudson Hudson Bay Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic Bedford Chesterfield Inlet Hudson Hudson Bay Monroe New Bedford The Schooner |
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Arctic Chesterfield Inlet Hudson Bay inuit |
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Arctic Chesterfield Inlet Hudson Bay inuit |
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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5417 Accession number: 1963.1767.46 local: ms_m169047.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5417 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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