Inuits inside a snow house, including an angakok [shaman] bound in preparation for a ritual trance, 1900-1905

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
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Comer, George (Capt.)
Canada, Hudson Bay
1900-1905
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4 x 5 in.

Glass negative by Capt. George Comer, taken on the west coast of Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, 1900-1905. Depicts an Inuit group inside a snow house, including an angakok [shaman] bound in preparation for a ritual trance. Lantern slide 1966.339.11 was made from this negative. Identification from original envelope: Photo 147. Contact photograph is reversed.

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1963.1767.147