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Construction d’un kayak, Grande rivière de la Baleine, Québec, 1920
Construction d’un kayak, Grande rivière de la Baleine, Québec, 1920

Gelatin silver print

Building a kayak, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Photographer
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsOn album page, underneath image, handwritten, l.c. : Building a Kayak
Date 1920
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions8.4 × 14.1 cm
Origin Canada
Object NumberM2013.36.2.1.22
CreditGift of Mrs. Justine Sentenne

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A group of Inuit women building a kayak, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
A group of Inuit women building a kayak, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.37
Start of a kayak race at Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Start of a kayak race at Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.5
Two Inuuk in kayaks, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Two Inuuk in kayaks, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.6
A group of Inuit attending a kayak race, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
A group of Inuit attending a kayak race, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.38
Building a snow house, Great Whale River?, Quebec?, 1920
Building a snow house, Great Whale River?, Quebec?, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.16
A group of Inuit building a platform, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
A group of Inuit building a platform, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.64
Building a snow house, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Building a snow house, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.45
Building  a snow house, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Building  a snow house, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.48
A group of Inuit building igloos , Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
A group of Inuit building igloos , Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.70
Great Whale River Post (Hudson’s Bay Company), Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Great Whale River Post (Hudson’s Bay Company), Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.46
A man with a pack of dogs, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920?
A man with a pack of dogs, Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920?
Robert L. Ridley
1920 ?
M2013.36.2.1.108
A group of Inuit at Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
A group of Inuit at Great Whale River, Quebec, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.94

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