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Caves on edge of cove, figuring in the legends
Caves on edge of cove, figuring in the legends
Object Number 34-7-10/100530.1.42
Display Title Caves on edge of cove, figuring in the legends
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Micmac, Algonquian. Caves on edge of cove, figuring in the legends. Whycogomaugh, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Photo by F. Johnson, 1930."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Geography
Subject
  • Cave
Department Photographic
Date 1930
Artist Frederick Johnson
Culture
  • Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nova Scotia / Cape Breton Island
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)

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