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Log and sod building on rock out crop above inlet
Log and sod building on rock out crop above inlet
Object Number 2004.29.3159
Display Title Log and sod building on rock out crop above inlet
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Eskimo Labrador. / Eskimauan. / Battle Harbor, Southern Labrador. / The Wm. Bradford Exped, 1864. Schooner B.F. Right. / Taken by Wm. H. Pierce Sr. Gift Wm. H. Pierce Co. Boston 1919 / Hopedale, Labrador."
Keywords
  • Dwelling
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Log
  • sod
  • House
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: 13.97 x 20.32 cm (5 1/2 x 8 in.)

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