Nova Scotia Museum
Mi'kmaq Portraits Collection

IMAGE CITATION


Date: 1923

Subject:

Orignal Work:

Place: Lequille, N.S.

Source: Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax

Reference Number: P113/ 23.48 (5299)/ N-5671


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IMAGE INFORMATION


This is a staged photo presenting an "Indian" stereotype. The old man in the centre, wearing a black coat and felt hat, with a white moustache, is Chief Benjamin Pictou of Lequille. The bow and arrow are props, possibly provided by the photographer.

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men; women; children; chiefs; Pictou, Benjamin, Chief; basketry, woodsplint, construction of; bows; weapons; guns; caps, women's; peaked caps; coats; Lequille; Nova Scotia


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