Elderly Kenepetu (Qaernermiut) Inuit woman on board whaling schooner ERA, Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, Canada, March 1905

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
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Comer, George (Capt.)
Canada, Hudson Bay; Canada, Nunavut, Cape Fullerton
1905-03-01
glass
5 x 4 in.

Glass negative by Capt. George Comer, taken at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, in March 1905. Depicts an elderly Inuit woman. Comer identified her as a woman of the Kenepetu tribe. Modern designation for this group is Qaernermiut. Photo taken inside deck house onboard whaling schooner ERA . Information from original envelope identifies this as # 36

1963.1767.31