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Object Number
15-36-10/100566.1.21
Display Title
Helen Jackson, a Thompson River Indian woman with baby carrier and baby
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Thompson Indians (Salishan) / Helen Jackson, Thompson River Indian, with baby carrier. Spences Bridge. / Collector J. A. Teit - 1913."; From Tepper, 1987: "Woman Holding Baby Carrier / J.A. Teit 1914 / Helen Jackson, LekElus, holding baby in board carrier, sack of / buckskin, beaded navel string pouch attached to hoop. Sulus or / Coutlee band."
Keywords
- People and Family
- Childcare
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Baby carrier
- Woman
- Child
Department
Photographic
Date
1913
Artist
James A. Teit
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Spences Bridge
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5 in.)
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