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Two Inuit women wearing traditional dress, one carrying a baby on her back
Two Inuit women wearing traditional dress, one carrying a baby on her back
Object Number 2004.29.3143
Display Title Two Inuit women wearing traditional dress, one carrying a baby on her back
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Eskimo, Labrador. Eskimauan. / The Wm. Bradford Expedition, 1864. Schooner. B. F. Right. / Taken by Wm. H. Pierce Sr., Gift of Wm. H. Pierce & Co. 1919. / Hopedale, Labrador."
Keywords
  • People and Family
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Baby
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Date 1864
Artist William H. Pierce
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / Labrador
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.88 x 22.23 cm (6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by William H. Pierce Co

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