IDNO

T.142624.PAT

Description

Head and shoulders portrait of Niaqukittuq, an older Aivilingmiut woman with kakiniit (facial tattoos). She wears European clothing and stands in front of a wooden building (possibly the Roman Catholic Mission?) at Repulse Bay. [Niaqukittuq was identified by Deborah Webster, an anthropologist, writer and curator originally from Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake), Nunavut, JD 14/11/2024]

Place

Arctic; N America; Canada; Nunavut; Naujaat [North West Territories; Repulse Bay]

Cultural Affliation

Inuit; Aivilingmiut

Named Person

Niaqukittuq

Photographer

Paterson, Thomas Thomson

Collector / Expedition

Paterson, Thomas Thomson [from 1947 Dew Line Survey]

Date

September 1947

Collection Name

Paterson Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.141923.PAT - T.142689.PAT were found unaccessioned in the Photo Store in an archive box, now numbererd C446/.

T.142565.PAT - T.142689.PAT were found in a white cardboard box, now numbered C446/2.