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Object Number
2004.29.3234
Display Title
Girl squatting by river slitting and cleaning (?) fish
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Montagnais, Algonquian / Montagnais girl cleaning trout. Kawasquiskau L. Upper Eskimo River / Gift of William B. Cabot, Boston. October, 1920."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Fishing
- People and Family
Subject
- fish cleaning
- Girl
Department
Photographic
Artist
William Brooks Cabot
Culture
- Montagnais
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Labrador
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador
Additional Geographic Terms
Subarctic shield and Mackenzie Border lands; Upper Eskimo River; Labrador
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 × 9.525 cm (3 × 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
William Brooks Cabot
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