Inuit man using bow drill, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada

Metadata

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5568

Persons

Title

Inuit man using bow drill, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada

Supplied	yes

Origin Information

Date Created	1897 to 1912

Parent Item

Mystic Seaport Museum

Connecticut History Illustrated

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

An unidentified Inuit man is using a bow drill with flint tip, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada. The man is sitting outside a structure that appears to be a skin tent. Another person can be seen in the opening behind him.

Genre

photographs

Organizations

Creator (cre): American Museum of Natural History

Subject

Geographic Subject

Extent

Source extent: 1 photograph : lantern slide ; 3 1/4 x 4 in.

Held By

Mystic Seaport Museum

Use and Reproduction

Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.

Note

Note Type	source note
Note	Comer Collection

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Lifestyle

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Livelihood

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Infrastructure

Note

Title supplied by cataloger. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam. He went to sea while still in his teens and was later master of vessels from both New London and New Bedford. Comer participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment. Slide prepared by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, from an original photograph by Captain George Comer. Slide was used by Comer to illustrate lectures about his Arctic and seafaring experiences.

Local Identifier

Accession number: 1966.339.71

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Inuit man using bow drill, west coast of Hudson Bay, Canada

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