IDNO

P.88472.PAT

Description

Head and shoulders portrait of Vera Akumalik, a smiling Inuk woman from Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake). Vera is wearing a beret and European coat with fur collar, and standing in front of a wooden building. [Vera Akumalik was identified by Sally and Deborah Webster, relatives of Vera's, JD 05/11/2024]

Place

N America; Arctic; Canada; Nunavut; ?Baker Lake; ?Police Post [North West Territories; ?Qamani’tuaq]

Cultural Affliation

Inuit

Named Person

Vera Akumalik

Photographer

Paterson, Thomas Thomson

Collector / Expedition

Paterson, Thomas Thomson [from 1947 Dew Line Survey]

Date

10 September 1947

Collection Name

Paterson Collection

Source

Paterson, Erik T.

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.88472.PAT to N.88479.PAT were found in the print wallet now numbered C446/32/12/, which was found in the envelope now numbered C446/32/.

Named Person: Vera Akumalik (1912 - ) is a respected Inuk elder from Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake). The Community Centre was named in her honour. [JD 08/11/2024]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 4/1/2008]