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[Sealskin rug, Killiniq, Nunavut]

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Item

Date:

1960

Reference:

R12438-4089-7-E, Volume number: 9

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5081323

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Rosemary Gilliat Eaton fonds

Arctic travel series

[Sealskin rug, Killiniq, Nunavut]
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Date(s):

1960

Place:

Probably Killiniq, Nunavut (formerly Port Burwell, Northwest Territories):

Place of creation:

Nunavut

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w negative.

Language of material:

English

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Photograph of a close-up of a sealskin rug. To create the rug, sealskins are cut and stitched onto a pattern. In the center of the rug, two figures, a man and his wife, in light colours are depicted on a dark background fishing through ice. A light coloured fish is also depicted. Around the center, there is a light coloured, thin border. A second larger border is made of neatly spaced squares, alternating light and dark colours.

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Photographer: Gilliat Eaton, Rosemary, 1919-2004

Finding aid no.:

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FA-457

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Gilliat/Eaton. Beautiful work done by a young Inuit (1960) women of Killinet (Port Burwell) M. Labrador/(Ungava). Sealskins are cut and stitched onto a pattern. In this case a man and wife are fishing through the ice

Series added entry:

Port Burwell/Ungava Bay
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Inuit - Nunavut

Inuits Nunavut
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R12438]

[Consultation 90 Open]

9 File number 12

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Rosemary Gilliat Eaton fonds / Library and Archives Canada / e010869041 ; Copyright: Copyright has been assigned to Library and Archives Canada by the copyright holder, the Estate of Rosemary Gilliat Eaton ; Restrictions on use: Nil.

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