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Inuit woman wearing fur parka
Object Number 2004.29.3180
Display Title Inuit woman wearing fur parka
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Eskimo - Noonitagmioot / (Eskimauan) / Ju Ju - Noonitagmioot woman. / taken at Baillie Island (NOT Hirschel) / [verso] "This was taken at Baillie Island. The ship "Beluga" was out of San Francisco; her skipper was Capt. Hartson Bodfish, whose log books are at the Whaling Museum, New Bedford." (per John Bockstoce, Curator of Ethnology, Whaling Museum. 14 March 1980)"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • People and Family
Subject
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Alaskan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / Baillie Island
Additional Geographic Terms Western Arctic
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 x 12.7 cm (6 1/2 x 5 in.)

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