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Fishing station [?]
Object Number 2004.29.3161
Display Title Fishing station [?]
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Eskimo Labrador. / Eskimauan. / Battle Harbor, Southern Labrador. / The Wm. Bradford Expedition, 1864. / Taken by Wm. H. Pierce Sr. Gift Wm. H. Pierce Co. Boston 1919 / Hopedale, Labrador."
Keywords
  • Fishing
  • Ethnographic
  • Water Transport
  • Dwelling
Subject
  • shed
  • Fishing
  • Camp
  • Plank
  • row boat
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 19.69 cm (5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by William H. Pierce Co

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