General note:
[A.P. Low Expedition]
Arctic Images
Described by the MSTRSLID project.
Title of the photograph in square brackets is based on information provided by Project Naming. This project brings Youth and Elders in Nunavut to work together to identify and record the names of people 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.
Availability of other formats note:
Slide no.: 3378
Exhibitions note:
Exhibition Title: Arctic Images from the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Curator: Andrea Kunard, National Gallery of Canada. Exhibition by Library and Archives Canada in partnership with the National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa. Ontario ; 2014.03.14-2014.09.01
Memorandum of Understanding between Library and Archives Canada and the National Gallery of Canada; 2013-2015
Signatures and inscriptions note:
Natives dressed for dance, Fullerton, Hudson Bay, 1904. Left to Right: Hattie and Jennie
Restrictions on access note:
Slides made from photographs in the holdings of the National Photography Collection and copied from material in other repositories. Slides are located in the staff Art & Photography library, thus are not available for consultation. Please refer to original material, where available.
Related material:
For other photographs of Niviaqsarjuk please see C-001823, C-089350 and C-089352., For other images of Niviaqsarjuk (also called "Hattie"), see the George Comer collection; J. E. Bernier collection; and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police collection at Library and Archives Canada. Also see the Geraldine and Douglas Moodie fonds at the Glenbow Museum; and George Comer Collection at the Mystic Seaport Museum., Another copy of this image is part of the Geraldine and Douglas Moodie fonds at the Glenbow Museum, see image no. NB-60-Neptune-36.
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