Aivilik Inuit woman with Netsilik tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada
A young Inuit woman identified as a member of the Aivilik group, poses in traditional dress in front of a white back-cloth at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, February 18, 1904. What appear to be tattoos are visible on her face. The image is identified as: ".showing tattooing of the "Nectchelli...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5550 2023-05-15T13:07:38+02:00 Aivilik Inuit woman with Netsilik tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada Comer, George (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1904 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5550 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5550 Accession number: 1963.1767.143 local: ms_m169230.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5550 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Iglulik Eskimos Inuit Tattooing StillImage photographs 1904 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:34:39Z A young Inuit woman identified as a member of the Aivilik group, poses in traditional dress in front of a white back-cloth at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, February 18, 1904. What appear to be tattoos are visible on her face. The image is identified as: ".showing tattooing of the "Nectchellic [Netsilik]." Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #95, #37. The number 37 is etched into lower right of emulsion on plate. The "Nectchellic" referred to resided in the territory northwest of the principal American whaling grounds; they are more accurately identified as the Netsilik. 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. This is one of a group of photos taken by Comer to record facial tattooing of various Inuit groups of Hudson Bay. He had Aivilik women paint their faces to simulate the tattooing styles of various other groups. Still Image Aivilik Arctic eskimo* Hudson Bay inuit Netsilik Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic Bedford ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) Canada Cape Fullerton ENVELOPE(-88.766,-88.766,63.967,63.967) Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) |
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A young Inuit woman identified as a member of the Aivilik group, poses in traditional dress in front of a white back-cloth at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, February 18, 1904. What appear to be tattoos are visible on her face. The image is identified as: ".showing tattooing of the "Nectchellic [Netsilik]." Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #95, #37. The number 37 is etched into lower right of emulsion on plate. The "Nectchellic" referred to resided in the territory northwest of the principal American whaling grounds; they are more accurately identified as the Netsilik. 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. This is one of a group of photos taken by Comer to record facial tattooing of various Inuit groups of Hudson Bay. He had Aivilik women paint their faces to simulate the tattooing styles of various other groups. |
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Aivilik Inuit woman with Netsilik tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Aivilik Inuit woman with Netsilik tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Aivilik Inuit woman with Netsilik tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Aivilik Inuit woman with Netsilik tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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Aivilik Inuit woman with Netsilik tattoos, Hudson Bay, Canada |
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aivilik inuit woman with netsilik tattoos, hudson bay, canada |
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport |
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1904 |
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East Haddam (Conn.) |
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ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-66.467,-66.467) ENVELOPE(-88.766,-88.766,63.967,63.967) ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-73.367,-73.367) |
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Arctic Bedford Canada Cape Fullerton Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford |
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Arctic Bedford Canada Cape Fullerton Hudson Hudson Bay New Bedford |
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Aivilik Arctic eskimo* Hudson Bay inuit Netsilik |
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Aivilik Arctic eskimo* Hudson Bay inuit Netsilik |
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Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5550 Accession number: 1963.1767.143 local: ms_m169230.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5550 |
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. |
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