Drawing of North West River Post and scenery
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA INV 08510400

USNM Accession 25288
place: label: Place
content: Labrador (N.L.)
label: Place
content: Arctic regions
label: Place
content: North America
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the United States National Museum by Henry G. Bryant January 14, 1892.  Transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in August 1969.
culture: label: Culture
content: Labrador Inuit
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Henry Grier Bryant (November 7, 1859–December 7, 1932) was an American explorer and writer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  In 1891, he organized an expedition to Grand Falls in Labrador, Canada. Bryant's detailed account of his trek was published in The Century Magazine in 1892, and The Geographical Society of Philadelphia reprinted it as the book A Journey to the Grand Falls of Labrador later that year.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (graphite on cardboard, 9 x 8.25 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 153515 / 154064, Folder 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS153515
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
processinfo: label: Variant Titles
content: Northwest River post and scenery by an Eskimo

Native drawing
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a drawing by an unidentified artist depicting Northwest River Post and showing corn fields, a graveyard, a signal tower, tents, houses, a missionary church, fence, and various topographic features including hills and a stream. The drawing is identified in Bryant's A Journey to the Grand Falls of Labrador (1892) as "Native Drawing."

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separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Related artifacts have been retained by the Department of Anthropology (Accession 25288).