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Large plank boat, with pile dwelling in background
Large plank boat, with pile dwelling in background
Object Number 2004.29.3160
Display Title Large plank boat, with pile dwelling in background
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
  • Water Transport
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Boat
  • Plank
  • Log
  • House
  • sod
Department Photographic
Date 1864
Artist William H. Pierce
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / Labrador
Additional Geographic Terms Battle Harbor
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 13.97 x 19.69 cm (5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)

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