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Object Number
2004.29.3249
Display Title
Two figures walking across meadow. One with burden on back and other with canoe
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Montagnais. Algonguian. / Upper Coxsipper River Labrador, Portage over white moss hill probably lightning burnt long ago. Boulders along crest of sharp moraine just over canoe. Labrador, looking S.W. / Gift of William B. Cabot, Boston, October, 1920."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Land Transport
Subject
- burden
- Canoe
Department
Photographic
Date
1900-1920
Artist
William Brooks Cabot
Culture
- Montagnais
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Newfoundland and Labrador
Additional Geographic Terms
Subarctic shield and Mackenzie Borderlands; Labrador; Upper Coxsipper River
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
William Brooks Cabot
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