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Man carrying canoe on shoulders - paddles lashed to make shoulder rests
Man carrying canoe on shoulders - paddles lashed to make shoulder rests
Object Number 2004.29.3322
Display Title Man carrying canoe on shoulders - paddles lashed to make shoulder rests
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Nascapee Indians, Algonquian. / # I No. 40 Assiwaban R. near pt. of land. 1910. / Gift of W.B. Cabot, Marlboro St., Boston, 1919."
Keywords
  • Water Transport
  • Ethnographic
  • Land Transport
Subject
  • Canoe
  • portaging
Department Photographic
Date 1910
Artist William Brooks Cabot
Culture
  • Naskapi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Additional Geographic Terms Subarctic shield and Mackenzie Borderland; Kogaluk River; part of land, nort
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 7.62 cm (4 x 3 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by William Brooks Cabot

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