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Three Birchbark canoes pulled upon shore
Three Birchbark canoes pulled upon shore
Object Number 2004.29.3338
Display Title Three Birchbark canoes pulled upon shore
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Algonquian. / Nascapee Indians. / #II No. 38-1. Three canoes Shipshaw R. 1902. / Gift of W. B. Cabot, Marlboro Street, Boston. 1919."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Water Transport
Subject
  • Canoe
Department Photographic
Date 1902
Artist William Brooks Cabot
Culture
  • Naskapi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Quebec
Additional Geographic Terms Subarctic shield and Mackenzie Borderland; Shipshaw River
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 5.08 x 7.62 cm (2 x 3 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by William Brooks Cabot

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