| Summary: | Two Inuit men are seated in front of a skin tent at Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. They may be working on ivory. One of the men is described as a ""native using a flint drill."" Infrastructure Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 71. The ""flint drill"" would be a type of drill known as a bow drill, with a flint tip. 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.
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