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Frame rack over fire, fish drying on rack, three cast iron pots
Frame rack over fire, fish drying on rack, three cast iron pots
Object Number 2004.29.3239
Display Title Frame rack over fire, fish drying on rack, three cast iron pots
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Montagnais, Algonquian / Trout smoking - Upper Eskimo River 1920. Bread baking in kettles / Gift of William B. Cabot, Boston. November, 1920."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Household
Subject
  • meat smoking
  • Fire
Department Photographic
Date 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 Borderlands; Upper Eskimo River
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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