National Anthropological Archives

Photograph of eiderdown mat, 1975

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.76-54
Dates:
1975
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
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
Keywords table of terms and types.
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
Repository Contact
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu