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Naskapi man sitting on the ground
Object Number 2004.29.3285
Display Title Naskapi man sitting on the ground
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Algonquian. / Wahpayo, 1905. 40 miles up Assiwaban River. Assiwaban means stay and wait or stop and wait, from a deer pass near the butt of land where it bends. Camp and wait for the migrations. Nascapee Indians. Gift of W. B. Cabot, Marlboro St. Boston 1919."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • People and Family
Subject
  • Man
Department Photographic
Date 1905
Artist William Brooks Cabot
Culture
  • Naskapi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Additional Geographic Terms Subarctic shield and Mackenzie Borderland; Kogaluk River
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 8.89 cm (3 x 3 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by William Brooks Cabot

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