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Femmes inuit transportant des roches pour les fondations de notre bâtiment, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
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Femmes inuit transportant des roches pour les fondations de notre bâtiment, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920

Gelatin silver print

Inuit women carrying rocks for the foundation of our building, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Photographer
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsHandwritten, u.c. : CHESTERFIELD INLET
Date 1920
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions9.5 × 14.4 cm
Origin Canada
Object NumberM2013.36.2.1.273
CreditGift of Mrs. Justine Sentenne
Status
Not on view

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Inuit women carrying rocks for the foundation of our building, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Inuit women carrying rocks for the foundation of our building, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.2.21
Inuit women carrying rocks for the foundation of our building, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Inuit women carrying rocks for the foundation of our building, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.468
An Inuit woman carrying a rock, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
An Inuit woman carrying a rock, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.274
An Inuk woman carrying a rock, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
An Inuk woman carrying a rock, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.2.20
An Inuk woman carrying a rock, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
An Inuk woman carrying a rock, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.390
An Inuk woman carrying her child, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
An Inuk woman carrying her child, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.2.17
An Inuk woman carrying her child, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
An Inuk woman carrying her child, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.262
Hudson’s Bay store at Chesterfield Inlet with S. Ford and two unidentified Inuit, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Hudson’s Bay store at Chesterfield Inlet with S. Ford and two unidentified Inuit, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.272
An Inuit woman, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
An Inuit woman, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.2.18
A group of Inuit eating a meal, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
A group of Inuit eating a meal, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.2.28
A group of Inuit leaving after a midday meal, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
A group of Inuit leaving after a midday meal, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.2.23
A group of Inuit leaving after a midday meal, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
A group of Inuit leaving after a midday meal, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, 1920
Robert L. Ridley
1920
M2013.36.2.1.266

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