Man and woman laying on of bark strip covering over wigwam frame

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Object Number 34-7-10/100530.1.84

Display Title Man and woman laying on of bark strip covering over wigwam frame

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: "Micmac. Algonquian. Laying on of covering (bark strips) Eskasonie, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Stages in building Micmac wigwam. Photos by Frederick Johnson, 1930."

Keywords

Ethnographic
Dwelling

Subject

Wigwam
Construction

Department Photographic

Date 1928-1930

Artist Frederick Johnson

Culture

Micmac

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / Nova Scotia / Cape Breton Island / Eskasoni

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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Object Number	Title	Geography/Provenience
34-7-10/100530.1.93	Man and woman laying on of covering bark strips over frame of Micmac wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.85	A man and woman laying on the bark strip covering over the frame of a wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.80	A man and woman laying birch bark strips over the frame of a Micmac wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.82	A man and woman laying on the bark strip covering of a Micmac wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.81	A man and woman laying bark strips on the frame of a Micmac wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.83	A woman covering the frame of a wigwam with bark strips	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.94	Boy watches as a man and woman lay bark covering over the frame of a wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.95	Boy watches as man and woman lay on bark strip covering of wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.79	A boy watches as a man and woman lay bark strips over the frame of a Micmac wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.78	A man and woman in the process of building a Micmac wigwam	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.87	A man and woman, having put poles over the wigwam to hold down bark strips	Eskasoni
34-7-10/100530.1.86	Man and woman putting poles on wigwam to hold down bark strips	Eskasoni

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