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Title: Inuit man with rifle demonstrating hunting signal, Hudson Bay, Canada, January 12, 1902 Accession Number: 1963.1767.38 Category: PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES Type: glass negative Maker: Comer, George (Capt.) Place: Canada, Hudson Bay Date: 1902-01-12 Materials: glass Description: Glass negative by Capt. George Comer, taken at Repulse Bay, Hudson Bay, January 12, 1902. Depicts an Inuit man with rifle demonstrating a hunting signal. Rifles were obtained in trade from the American whalers. Comer identified this image as "Photo #34, #82, a native (Sam) showing how the natives signal to each other when deer are in sight, Repulse Bay, Jan. 12, 1902." |
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