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Object Number
38-39-10/100503.2.8
Display Title
Excavation of Sermermiut. Mr. Ostermann and native workmen
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Greenland.
Excavation of Sermermiut - The girl touches a large piece of whalebone still frozen in. Mr. Ostermann and Native workmen.
See Plan in File also Specimens No. in the Peabody Museum.
Morten P. Porsild - Copyright reserved. 1915.
Keywords
- Site and Excavation
- Ethnographic
- Proper Name
Subject
- Excavation
- Man
Department
Photographic
Date
1915
Artist
Morten P. Porsild
Culture
- Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Sermermiut
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 9.21 x 15.88 cm (3 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Morten P. Porsild
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