Collection search - High cliffs; Inuit with a qamutik; Inuit in front of semi-permanent homes; Inuk man; Inuk practicing gymnastics in large wood-framed igloo

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High cliffs; Inuit with a qamutik; Inuit in front of semi-permanent homes; Inuk man; Inuk practicing gymnastics in large wood-framed igloo

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Item

Date:

1949

Reference:

R216, RG85, Volume number: 14980

Item no. (creator):

1949-69, 1949-71, 1949-70, 1949-67, 1949-68, 1949-72

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5350473

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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

High cliffs; Inuit with a qamutik; Inuit in front of semi-permanent homes; Inuk man; Inuk practicing gymnastics in large wood-framed igloo
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Item includes:

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Date(s):

1949

Place of creation:

Nunavut

Extent:

6 photographs (1 album page) : b&w silver gelatin prints mounted on paper.

Language of material:

English

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This page includes photographs taken in the vicinity of Arctic Bay (also known as Ikpiarjuk), Baker Lake (also known as Qamani'tuaq), and Garry Lake (also known as Hanningajuq), Nunavut.

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Photographer: Bailey, S. J

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General note:

According to notes in the original finding aid for accessions 1973-357 & 1974-366, item numbers from this collection should be formatted as YEAR-##. The order was reversed in these photo captions. They have been added to this record in correct order to match the item numbers in the Loose departmental photographs and negatives sub-sub-series.

Source of title:

Title based on original captions on album page.

Physical description note:

Eastern Arctic Patrol, album 37, page 44

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Inscribed beneath images: 67-1949. The high cliffs close to Arctic Bay are most picturesque. 68-1949. The high cliffs close to Arctic Bay. 69-1949. A small group of Eskimos with one of their long qamutiks in the background. The qamutiks are usually left upside down as they are then ready for mudding and icing prior to departure. 70-1949. In the Arctic Bay-Pond Inlet district many homes are semi-permanent, made partly from wood with canvas stretched across the top. They are banked up with peat moss obtained locally and the whole is covered by snow. 71-1949. This Eskimo is one of a group living in the Beverly Lake district near Baker Lake. He typifies the independent spirit which is characteristic of the Eskimo. His clothing is of soft summer caribou skin - warm and light. 72-1949. At Garry Lake on finds some of the most isolated Eskimos living in large igloos. These are often covered with the canvas tents used in summer, supported by crossbeams of small trees that drifted down the river. Gymnastics are common among these people and for this purpose heavy thongs are tied from side to side of the large igloo. Hand flips and various other exercises are practised.

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

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RG85

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1973-357 NPC
1974-366 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R216]

[Consultation 90 Open]

14980 Page 44

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit : S.J. Bailey / Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada / Library and Archives Canada / e010983616-v8 ; Copyright : Expired.

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