"Putting on poles holding bark strips"; Micmac wigwam stages.

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Object Number 2004.24.30287

Display Title "Putting on poles holding bark strips"; Micmac wigwam stages.

Descriptions

Object Description F. Johnson, 1930

Keywords

Dwelling

Subject

Constructing

Department Photographic

Date 1930

Artist Hillel S. Burger

Culture

Micmac

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / Nova Scotia / Cape Breton Island

Additional Geographic Terms Northeast

Materials Negative, black and white

Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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Object Number	Title	Geography/Provenience
34-7-10/100530.1.86	Man and woman putting poles on wigwam to hold down bark strips	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.92	Stages in building Micmac wigwam; Addition of light poles to foundation frame and hoop	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.91	Stages in building Micmac wigwam; Addition of light poles to foundation frame and hoop	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.90	Stages in building Micmac wigwam; Addition of light poles to foundation frame and hoop	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.87	A man and woman, having put poles over the wigwam to hold down bark strips	Eskasoni
2004.24.30288	"Putting up foundation of pole frame"; stages in building Micmac wigwam.	Cape Breton Island
34-7-10/100530.1.93	Man and woman laying on of covering bark strips over frame of Micmac wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.81	A man and woman laying bark strips on the frame of a Micmac wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.80	A man and woman laying birch bark strips over the frame of a Micmac wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.79	A boy watches as a man and woman lay bark strips over the frame of a Micmac wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.109	Stages in building wigwam, detail of bottom bark strip taken from interior	Cape Breton Island
2004.24.30289	"Adding hoop to foundation of pole frame"; stages in building Micmac wigwam.	Cape Breton Island

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