Inuit woman and children on 'Bowdoin,' northwest Greenland
Contributed by Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Item 54916
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An Inuit woman with a toddler in the hood of her parka stands by the schooner Bowdoin's wheel with four older children, two daughters and two sons (one partly hidden).
Distinctive traditional clothing for women included high boots worn with short fur pants. Infants and toddlers rode on their mothers' backs, protected by the oversized hood of her amautik, or parka.
Inuit families were frequent visitors to the Bowdoin during each of her twenty-six northern expeditions between 1921 and 1954.
Other Information
- Title: Inuit woman and children on 'Bowdoin,' northwest Greenland
- Creator: Platt, Rutherford B.
- Media: transparency
- Local Code: 3000.34.1628
- Collection: MacMillan slides
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Bowdoin College, 9500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011-8495
(207) 725-3416
http://academic.bowdoin.edu/arcticmuseum/
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LC Subject Headings
Children
Bowdoin (Ship)
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Passengers
Eskimos
Expeditions & surveys
Sailing
Women
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