Inuit woman ("Jumbo"), Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada

• Main Authors: Comer, George (Creator), Lockwood, F.C. (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1904
• Subjects: Whaling; Inuit women; Arctic; Bedford; Brooklyn; Canada; Cape Fullerton; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Lockwood; New Bedford; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5530

An Inuit woman poses in native dress, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada, February 16, 1904. She is identified as the woman called "Jumbo" by the whalers, a member of the Tununa or Ponds Bay (Tuninirmiut) tribe. Lifestyle Livelihood Infrastructure Title supplied by cataloger. 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. Slide prepared by F.C. Lockwood of Brooklyn, New York, from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Slide was used by Comer to illustrate lectures about his Arctic and seafaring experiences.