Eskimos hunting, Eskimo family, animals, and white men by Eskimo artist from Cumberland Gulf, (Northwest Territory (?), Canada)
Inuit drawings collected by Captain John O. Spicer
NAA MS 168997
The collection consists of three (3) drawings by an unidentied native artist. Two drawings are inscribed or signed "Doctor." The drawings were collected by Captain John O. Spicer near Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, Canada.
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Inuit drawings collected by Captain John O. Spicer (MS 168997), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The drawings were received as a gift from Captain John Spicer, Groton, Connecticut through O. T. Mason, USNM, September 11, 1894, along with lamp and fire making apparatus (USNM Accession number 28,480).
John O. Spicer was a whaling captain based in Connecticut. He was master of the sailing ships
Eskimos hunting, Eskimo family, animals, and white men by Eskimo artist from Cumberland Gulf, (Northwest Territory (?), Canada)
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Related objects collected by Captain Spicer are held in the Department of Anthropology object collections under Accession 28480.
Family Group in Costume and with Four Non-Native Men; Scenes Of Hunting and Various Animals Around Edges Painting
NAA INV 08599600
NAA MS 168997
Group in Costume with Weapons Hunting Seals on Ice; Dog-Drawn Sled in Background Drawing
NAA INV 08599700
NAA MS 168997
Woman and Two Men in Costume, One with Rifle Stalking Reindeer? Drawing
Woman and Two Men in Costume, One with Rifle Stalking Reindeer? Drawing
NAA INV 08599800
NAA MS 168997