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Inuk woman with face tattoos

Hierarchical level:

Component

Date:

1949

Reference:

R216-3824-6-E, Volume number: 14980

Item no. (creator):

53

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5034244

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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

Departmental library albums

Album 37, Eastern Arctic Patrol

Aerial view of Rose Welcome Sound; Polar bear cubs in captivity; Aerial view of air base; Inuk man in two caribou skin parkas; Inuk woman with facial tattoos; House

Inuk woman with face tattoos
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1949

Place:

Unknown location [possibly Nunavut]:

Place of creation:

Nunavut

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w.

Language of material:

English

Additional name(s):

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Photographer: Bailey, S. J

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Typed caption on white paper below photograph, "This attractive Eskimo lady wears the characteristic tattoo marks of a previous age. It is seldom that this is practiced these days amongst the younger people."

Series added entry:

Album 37
Subject heading:

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Portraits

Inuit - Nunavut

Tattooed Inuit women
Source:

Government

Other accession no.:

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1974-366 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R216]

[Consultation 90 Open]

14980 Page 41

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: S.J. Bailey / Dept. Indian and Northern Affairs / Library and Archives Canada / e006609891 ; Restrictions on use: Nil ; Copyright: Government of Canada.

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