Inuk Guide Ipirvik Models Eskimo Clothing

ID: SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-1123A]

Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1880

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 004, Image No. MNH-1123A

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Summary

With fur jacket and pants, boots, and spear.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum Department of Anthropology

Notes

  • Also known as Ebierbing and "Eskimo Joe."
  • Inuk guide and explorer who, with his wife, accompanied Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall on the Polaris expedition in an attempt to reach the North Pole.
  • Husband of Taqulittuq, also known as Tookoolito and Hannah.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 004, Image No. MNH-1123A

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1880
  • Circa 1870s

Restrictions & Rights

  • No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

Clothing and dress

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-1123A]

Physical description

8 x 10;

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