IDNO

P.8304.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Copper Eskimo mother and child.

Kuptana, a Inuinnaq (Copper Inuit) woman and wife of shaman Uloksak, putting boots on her baby. They are seated on the ground beisde a skin tent on a sandspit on one of the Berens Islands, Nunavut (Northwest Territories). [Based on Stuart Jenness' caption, JD 25/3/2013]

Place

Arctic; N America; Canada; Nunavut; Coronation Gulf; Berens Islands [Northwest Territories]

Cultural Affliation

Inuinnaq [historically Inuinnait; Copper Inuit; Copper Eskimo]

Named Person

Kuptana; Uloksak

Photographer

Wilkins, George Hubert

Collector / Expedition

Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913 - 1918

Date

28 May 1915

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Canadian Museum of Civilization [National Museum of Canada]?Jenness, Diamond

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Image: The original negative is held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, reference 50919, with the following information:
"Kuptana putting boots on her baby on Berens Islands, Northwest Territories (Nunavut)
Author: Wilkins, George H. (George Hubert), Sir, 1888-1958.
Publisher / Date: 28 May 1915
Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Summary: "Kuptana, wife of shaman Uloksak, putting boots on her baby, on sandspit, one of Berens Islands, Coronation Gulf, N.W.T. (Nunavut). (Wilkins called these the Moore Islands, owing to the inaccuracy of his admiralty map)."
Notes: Original description in English by Stuart E. Jenness.
Year of research: 1913-1918
Related negatives: 5902
Cultural group: Copper Inuit (Inuinnaq)
Place of research: Berens Islands, Nunavut; Coronation Gulf, Nunavut
Other authors: Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918)
[Source: http://catalogue.civilization.ca, JD 25/3/2013]