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Object Number 07-8-00/2.45
Display Title Man and woman dancing under umiah, with drummers and spectators
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Eskimo, Alaska. (Eskimauan) Man & woman dancing by Umiak. V. Stefansson - 1906-7.
Keywords
  • Dance
  • Music and Sound Communication
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Drum
Department Photographic
Date 1907
Artist Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Flaxman Island
Dimensions Overall: 8.26 x 10.8 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)

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