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[Two Inuuk women and a child]. Original title: Eskimo gals

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

[ca. 8 March 1905].

Reference:

R16136-1-0-E, Box number: 3604

Item no. (creator):

63.1767.11, photo 39

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5101314

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George Comer collection

[Two Inuuk women and a child]. Original title: Eskimo gals
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Date(s):

[ca. 8 March 1905].

Place:

Cape Fullerton (also known as Qatiktalik) (Nunavut):

Place of creation:

Nunavut

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w negative ; 10 x 13 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Photograph depicting two Inuuk women and a child. The woman on the left is Ook-Took (Niviaqsarjuk, also called Uuttuq) who is Qairnirmiut. Her name means lying on the ice. She was called "Hattie" by the Moodies. The boy is Harry Unainuk Gibbons. The woman on the right is Harry's mom and her name is Taptaqut. Names provided through Project Naming's facebook page.

The women are wearing caribou skin amautiit. The amauti on the right is beaded. Cloth and beads were obtained through trade with whalers. The photograph was taken inside the deck house of the whaling schooner ERA at Cape Fullerton (also called Qatiktalik), Nunavut.
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Depicted: Niviaqsarjuk

Depicted: Taptaqut

Depicted: Gibbons, Harry Unainuk

Photographer: Comer, George

Era (Whaler)
Finding aid no.:

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FA-139

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General note:

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An amauti (also spelled amaut or amautik) is a type of parka, traditionally worn by the Inuit women of the Eastern Arctic, with a large hood for carrying children.
The title of the photograph in square brackets is based on information provided by Project Naming. The goal of this project is to identify and record the names of people, places, activities and events in photographs held at Library and Archives Canada.
Historically, all Inuit women received tattoos as a rite of passage. They were most often on the face and hands but could also be on the arms, legs, and/or chest. During the early 1900's camera's were becoming more accessible and more people were travelling more to the arctic. These visitors often photographed Inuit women and subsequently, their tattoos. Sometimes the photographers traced already existing tattoos or painted the women's faces with designs of other regions. Sometimes it appears they tried to cover the tattoos with make-up (rouge) or erase them during the printing process in the darkroom. As a result, the tattoo designs shown here may not be representative of the woman or her region.

Source of title:

Title supplied by the archivist.

Location of originals note:

Original glass negative are held by the Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut, U.S.A., 1963.1767.11

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Caption on envelope: "Eskimo gals"

Associated material note:

For other images of Niviaqsarjuk (also called "Hattie"), also see the Geraldine and Douglas Moodie fonds at the Glenbow Museum; and George Comer Collection at the Mystic Seaport Museum.

Related material:

For other images of Niviaqsarjuk (also called "Hattie"), see the J. E. Bernier collection and Royal Canadian Mounted Police collection at Library and Archives Canada.
Subject heading:

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Cape Fullerton (Nunavut)

Tattooed Inuit women

Traditional clothing

Qairnirmiut
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1977-077 NPC
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Box [COMER, GEORGE 1977-077] 3604

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Credit: George Comer / George Comer collection / Library and Archives Canada / e011310102
Copyright: Expired.
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