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Boned geese meat hung over A-Frame drying rack
Boned geese meat hung over A-Frame drying rack
Object Number 2004.29.3235
Display Title Boned geese meat hung over A-Frame drying rack
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Montagnais, Algonquian / Boned geese - Upper Eskimo River Labrador. / Gift of William B. Cabot, Boston. November, 1920."
Keywords
  • Household
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • meat drying
Department Photographic
Date 1900-1920
Artist William Brooks Cabot
Culture
  • Montagnais
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / Labrador
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador
Additional Geographic Terms Subarctic shield and Mackenzie Border lands; Upper Eskimo River; Labrador
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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