Inuit with flint bone cutter outside skin tent, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic
An Inuit man is seated in front of skin tent at Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Scene is described as a ""native using a flint bone cutter."" Infrastructure Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Such tents provided shelter for the Inuit during summer. Info...
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Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
1897
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5555 |
| Summary: | An Inuit man is seated in front of skin tent at Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, ca. 1897-1912. Scene is described as a ""native using a flint bone cutter."" Infrastructure Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Such tents provided shelter for the Inuit during summer. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 101. A number which appears to be 54 is etched into emulsion on lower part of plate. 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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