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Object Number
34-7-10/100530.1.35
Display Title
Mary Ann Morris and Peter Deny playing waltes tag'n, a Micmac bow and dice game
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Micmac, Algonquian. MaryAnn Morris and Peter Deny playing waltes'tagɣn - a Micmac Bow & dice game. Eskasonie, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Photos by Frederick Johnson, 1930."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Recreation
- Proper Name
Subject
- Woman
- Man
- Waltes tag'n
Department
Photographic
Date
1930
Artist
Frederick Johnson
Culture
- Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
/
Nova Scotia
/
Cape Breton Island
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
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