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National Anthropological Archives
Photograph of eiderdown mat, 1975
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.76-54
- Dates:
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1975
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Color print
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photograph depicting a mat of eiderdown skins, possibly Inuit. According to the owner of the mat, Walter M. Banko, it was "collected in the Ungava region around 1890 by James Elphick, a Hudson Bay Company factor."
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Print was sent to the Department of Anthropology in 1975 with an offer to sell the pictured mat. Copies of correspondence are with the photograph.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 76-54, Photograph of eiderdown mat, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 76-54
Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
Eskimo
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Eiderdown | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Inuit | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Subarctic | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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