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Title	Qaernermiut Inuit throwing harpoon, Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic.
Creator	Comer, George.
Place	East Haddam (Conn.)
Topic	Inuit Harpoons
Genre	Photographs
Theme	Lifestyle Livelihood
Description	An Inuit identified as a Kenepitic native is throwing a harpoon in the Hudson Bay area, Canadian Arctic.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo #58, A 55. The Inuit identified as Kenepitic, Kenepetu or Kenepitu were from the Chesterfield Inlet region; the modern designation for the group is Qaernermiut. Taken by Captain George Comer (1858-1937), a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam. He went to sea while still in his teens and was later master of vessels from both New London and New Bedford. Comer participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment.
Date created	[between 1897 and 1912]
Physical format	1 photograph : glass negative ; 4 x 5 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1963.1767.71 File name: ms_m169099.jpg
Source	Mystic Seaport
Collection	Comer Collection.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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