Photograph of eiderdown mat
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 76-54
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Eskimo
topic: label: Topic
content: Eiderdown
culture: label: Culture
content: Inuit
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Subarctic
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Color print
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Print was sent to the Department of Anthropology in 1975 with an offer to sell the pictured mat. Copies of correspondence are with the photograph.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.76-54
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photograph depicting a mat of eiderdown skins, possibly Inuit. According to the owner of the mat, Walter M. Banko, it was "collected in the Ungava region around 1890 by James Elphick, a Hudson Bay Company factor."