Inuit woman (Ou-se-gong /Jeannie) ) in traditional clothing, Groton/New London

• Main Author: Bishop, Giles (Creator)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1866
• Subjects: Inuit; Arctic; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5602

Studio portrait of an Inuit woman in traditional clothing identified as Ou-se-gong. She is standing with her arms resting on the back of a chair. A fur lies across the seat of the chair. Inscribed on the reverse: "Oo-see-eong". Lifestyle Livelihood Title supplied by cataloger. Albumen print mounted on white card with red borders, 6 5/16 x 4 1/4 in. Ou-se-gong (also known as Jeannie) and her husband Kud-lup-pa-mune were brought to Groton/New London in 1866 by whaling master Sidney O. Budington. Budington made a number of voyages to the Arctic in the course of his whaling and participation in the expeditions of explorer Charles Francis Hall. Ou-se-gong died on the journey back to the Arctic in 1867. Budington later had a monument erected in her memory in Starr Cemetery, Groton.