Inuit group (Ippaktuq Tasseok--"Harry"--with women and children) in snow house, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic, 1897-1912

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
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Comer, George (Capt.)
Canada, Hudson Bay
1897-1912
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4 x 5 in.

Glass negative by Capt. George Comer, taken in Hudson Bay, ca. 1897-1912. Depicts "Harry" [Ippaktuq Tasseok], seated, with several Inuit women and children, inside a snow house. Harry was the leader of a group of Inuit known as the Aivilik or Aivilingmiut.

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