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Object Number
2004.29.6096
Display Title
Portrait of Osa'gannā, a woman of Beothuk and Micmac heritage
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Micmac Indians (Algonquian) Half blood - Beothuk & Micmac woman - Father is Beothuk. Photo by [F.G.] Speck at Gloucester, Mass - 1911. Osa'gannā, own name. Born about 1840 in Newfoundland."
Department
Photographic
Date
1911
Artist
Dr. Frank Gouldsmith Speck
Culture
- Beothuk
- Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Essex County
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Gloucester
Dimensions
Overall: 8.5 × 7 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
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