Inuit man using bow drill, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada

• Main Authors: Comer, George (Creator), American Museum of Natural History (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1897
• Subjects: Inuit; Tools; Dwellings; Tents; Arctic; Bedford; Canada; Flint; Hudson; Hudson Bay; New Bedford; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5568

An unidentified Inuit man is using a bow drill with flint tip, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada. The man is sitting outside a structure that appears to be a skin tent. Another person can be seen in the opening behind him. 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 the American Museum of Natural History, New York, from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Slide was used by Comer to illustrate lectures about his Arctic and seafaring experiences.