IMAGE CITATION
Date: 1936
Subject:
Orignal Work:
Place: Smith's Cove, Digby County, N.S.
Ownership/Collection: Alexander Leighton Collection
Source: Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax
Reference Number: P113/ 76.161.4/ N-19,316
Image Use: Free for personal research and non-commercial educational use.
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IMAGE INFORMATION
One of a series of photographs by Alexander Leighton and others, taken during Dr. Leighton's 1936 filming of a re-enactment by Matthew Pictou and Joe Louis of the traditional Mi'kmaq porpoise-hunt. The canoe used in the film was made by Matthew Pictou's brother, Maltie (Martin) Pictou, who often used the last name of Peters. Joe Louis was the son of a Mi'kmaq woman and her Mohawk husband.
KEYWORDS
men; Mohawk; Louis, Joe; Pictou, Matthew; transportation; canoes; animals; porpoises; fishing; Smith's Cove; Digby County; Nova Scotia
