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Bark and tarpaper wigwams -- taken at the Micmac mission held on Corpus Christi Day
Bark and tarpaper wigwams -- taken at the Micmac mission held on Corpus Christi Day
Object Number 34-7-10/100530.1.67
Display Title Bark and tarpaper wigwams -- taken at the Micmac mission held on Corpus Christi Day
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Micmac, Algonquian. Bark & tarpaper wigwams. Chapel Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Pictures taken at the Micmac Mission, held on Corpus Christi Day. Photos by Frederick Johnson, 1930."
Keywords
  • Dwelling
  • Ethnographic
  • Rural Settlement
Subject
  • Village
  • Wigwam
Department Photographic
Date 1928-1930
Artist Frederick Johnson
Culture
  • Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nova Scotia / Cape Breton Island
Additional Geographic Terms Costal
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)

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