Aivilik Inuit women on deck with infant, Hudson Bay, Canada

• Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
• Subjects: Iglulik Eskimos; Inuit children; Infants; Inuit; Arctic; Bedford; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford; Aivilik; eskimo*; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5424

Three Aivilik Inuit women stand on the deck of a vessel 1897-1905. The woman on the left is holding an infant. Two of the women wear traditional clothing, while the woman on the right wears a dress identified as brought north as a gift or trade item. Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #62, #A 53. The Aivilik or Aivillingmiut are a 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.