Outdoor portrait of the man Chris Morris, posed with baskets and his eel rack with eels hung to dry, in front of the birchbark wigwam that he and his wife Mary Josphine had just finished making (NMAI object 176513). Originally catalogued as "Man (Christopher Morris) with eels hung on pole to dry in the sun"
Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
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Time Period:
1930-1930
Materials:
Techniques:
Dimensions:
5 x 7 in.
Cultures:
American Indians, Mi'kmaq (Micmac), Native Americans, North America, Northeast, Wabanaki, Woodlands
City:
Eskasoni Reserve
County:
Cape Breton County
State:
Nova Scotia
Island Name:
Cape Breton Island
Country:
Canada
Collection History:
Frederick Johnson began his anthropological studies as a teenager, accompanying anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1951) on trips to Native communities in Quebec. Between 1923 and 1929, Johnson studied at the University of Pennsylvania and conducted several research trips in Canada and the U.S., some of which were sponsored by MAI. This photograph probably accompanied the object collections he acquired for MAI.
Source ID:
NMAI_347755
Catalog Number:
N19924
Album Name:
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