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Inuit packing up their belongings and loading gear into their komatiks (sleds)

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

April 1931.

Reference:

R216-2690-6-E, Box number: 3545

Item no. (creator):

1931-5986

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3193911

Context of this record:

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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds

Northern Affairs Program sous-fonds

Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch

Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch: Photographs

Loose departmental photographs and negatives

Inuit packing up their belongings and loading gear into their komatiks (sleds)
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

April 1931.

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Place:

Coronation Gulf region (Nunavut):

Place of creation:

Nunavut

Extent:

1 photograph

Language of material:

English

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Photograph taken at Coronation Gulf, Northwest Territories [Nunavut]

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Photographer: Finnie, Richard Sterling, 1906-1987

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General note:

A komatik (also spelled qamutiik or quamutik) is a traditional Inuit sled.
Described by the RECON project.
The caption of this record has not yet been revised through Project Naming.
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Availability of other formats note:

Copy negative available: PA-101188

Signatures and inscriptions note:

About to abandon the igloo village the Eskimos load all their household gear in their sleds
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Portraits

N.W.T.- Coronation Gulf

Inuit - Northwest Territories
Source:

Government

Other accession no.:

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1973-357 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
Nil

Box [CANADA. INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS 1973-357] 3545

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1973-357 NPC] PA-101188

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: R.S. Finnie / Library and Archives Canada / a101188
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

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