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Montagnais boy holding a rifle and three white birds
Montagnais boy holding a rifle and three white birds
Object Number 2004.29.3219
Display Title Montagnais boy holding a rifle and three white birds
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Montagnais Indians. / #I No. 2. Half-breed boy 1905 / Gift of W.B. Cabot. Marlboro Street Boston."
Keywords
  • People and Family
  • Ethnographic
  • Hunting
Subject
  • Boy
  • rifle
Department Photographic
Date 1905
Artist William Brooks Cabot
Culture
  • Montagnais
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Quebec
Additional Geographic Terms Subarctic shield and Mackenzie Border lands
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by William Brooks Cabot

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