Inuit woman with tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada
A woman with tattoos, and wearing an Inuit costume, poses in front of a white back-cloth, 1897-1905. She is identified as Gilbert's daughter. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 63. The woman is probably a member of t...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5423 2023-05-15T13:07:38+02:00 Inuit woman with tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1897 - 1905 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5423 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5423 Accession number: 1963.1767.61 local: ms_m169075.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5423 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Iglulik Eskimos Inuit Tattooing StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:34:49Z A woman with tattoos, and wearing an Inuit costume, poses in front of a white back-cloth, 1897-1905. She is identified as Gilbert's daughter. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 63. The woman is probably a member of the Aivilik or Aivillingmiut group of Iglulik Inuit. These Inuit of the west coast region of Hudson Bay were closely associated with Captain George Comer and the American whalers for many years. 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. This is one of a group of photos taken by Comer to record facial tattooing of various Inuit groups of Hudson Bay. He had Aivilik women paint their faces to simulate the tattooing styles of various other groups, in this case, a group he identifies as the ""Tunuma [Tununermiut] or Ponds Bay natives."" Still Image Aivilik Arctic eskimo* Hudson Bay inuit Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Canada Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) |
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A woman with tattoos, and wearing an Inuit costume, poses in front of a white back-cloth, 1897-1905. She is identified as Gilbert's daughter. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 63. The woman is probably a member of the Aivilik or Aivillingmiut group of Iglulik Inuit. These Inuit of the west coast region of Hudson Bay were closely associated with Captain George Comer and the American whalers for many years. 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. This is one of a group of photos taken by Comer to record facial tattooing of various Inuit groups of Hudson Bay. He had Aivilik women paint their faces to simulate the tattooing styles of various other groups, in this case, a group he identifies as the ""Tunuma [Tununermiut] or Ponds Bay natives."" |
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Inuit woman with tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Inuit woman with tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Inuit woman with tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Inuit woman with tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Inuit woman with tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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inuit woman with tattoos, hudson bay, canada |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1897 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5423 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) |
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ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) |
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Arctic Bedford Canada Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford |
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Arctic Bedford Canada Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford |
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Aivilik Arctic eskimo* Hudson Bay inuit |
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Aivilik Arctic eskimo* Hudson Bay inuit |
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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5423 Accession number: 1963.1767.61 local: ms_m169075.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5423 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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