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Object Number 2004.29.3232
Display Title Sweat Bath. St. Augustin Indians. Wapannekaee Lake (White Sand) Coxsipper river.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Montagnais, Algonquian / Sweat bath - St. Augustin Indians. Wapannekaee L. (White Sand) Coxsipper River. / Gift of William B. Cabot, Boston. October, 1920."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Furnishing
Subject
  • bath
Department Photographic
Date 1900-1920
Artist William Brooks Cabot
Culture
  • Montagnais
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / Labrador
Additional Geographic Terms Subarctic shield and Mackenzie Border lands; Upper Eskimo River, near.
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by William Brooks Cabot

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Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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2004.29.3249 Two figures walking across meadow. One with burden on back and other with canoe
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador