Inuit woman (Nivisanaaq) using sewing machine on board whaling schooner (Hudson Bay, Canada area)

• Main Authors: Comer, George (Creator), American Museum of Natural History (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1907
• Subjects: Whaling; Iglulik Eskimos; Inuit; Sewing; Sewing machines; A.T. Gifford (Schooner); Arctic; Bedford; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford; The Schooner; Aivilik; eskimo*; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5491

An Aivilik Inuit woman identified as "Shoofly" (Nivisanaaq) is using a sewing machine in the deckhouse of a whaling schooner, probably the A.T. Gifford, Hudson Bay, Canada, area. Lifestyle Livelihood Infrastructure Title supplied by cataloger. The schooner A.T. Gifford was built in 1883 at...