Inuit with flint drill outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic

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 origina...

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Main Author: Comer, George (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
Subjects:
Inuit
Tents
Dwellings
Tools
Arctic
Bedford
Flint
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
inuit
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5507
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spelling ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5507 2023-05-15T14:47:01+02:00 Inuit with flint drill outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1897 - 1912 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5507 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5507 Accession number: 1963.1767.103 local: ms_m169178.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5507 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Inuit Tents Dwellings Tools StillImage photographs 1897 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:53:49Z 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. Still Image Arctic Hudson Bay inuit Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Flint ENVELOPE(-65.417,-65.417,-67.333,-67.333) Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367)
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collection Connecticut Digital Archive
op_collection_id ftconnecticstlib
language unknown
topic Inuit
Tents
Dwellings
Tools
spellingShingle Inuit
Tents
Dwellings
Tools
Comer, George (Creator)
Inuit with flint drill outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
topic_facet Inuit
Tents
Dwellings
Tools
description 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.
format Still Image
author Comer, George (Creator)
author_facet Comer, George (Creator)
author_sort Comer, George (Creator)
title Inuit with flint drill outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_short Inuit with flint drill outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_full Inuit with flint drill outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_fullStr Inuit with flint drill outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_full_unstemmed Inuit with flint drill outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
title_sort inuit with flint drill outside skin tent, hudson bay, canadian arctic
publisher Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
publishDate 1897
url http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5507
op_coverage East Haddam (Conn.)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467)
ENVELOPE(-65.417,-65.417,-67.333,-67.333)
ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367)
geographic Arctic
Bedford
Flint
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
geographic_facet Arctic
Bedford
Flint
Hudson
Hudson Bay
New Bedford
genre Arctic
Hudson Bay
inuit
genre_facet Arctic
Hudson Bay
inuit
op_relation Source Note: Comer Collection
70002:5507
Accession number: 1963.1767.103
local: ms_m169178.tif
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5507
op_rights Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
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