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Fire frame with three cast iron pots suspended by chains over fire
Fire frame with three cast iron pots suspended by chains over fire
Object Number 2004.29.3238
Display Title Fire frame with three cast iron pots suspended by chains over fire
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Montagnais, Algonquian / Montagnais tent and fire frame- Coxsipper R. Labrador. / Gift of William B. Cabot, Boston. November, 1920."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • People and Family
  • Household
Subject
  • Family
  • Fire
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 area, near.; 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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