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English: Eskimo man with labret seated cross-legged on the floor, and holding drill, with boy seated on a bunk in the background, Alaska, between 1903 and 1906   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Beverly Bennett Dobbs  (1868–1937)  wikidata:Q43129640
 
Alternative names
B.B. Dobbs
Description photographer
Date of birth/death 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 1937 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q43129640
Title
English: Eskimo man with labret seated cross-legged on the floor, and holding drill, with boy seated on a bunk in the background, Alaska, between 1903 and 1906
Description
English:

A labret is a body piercing, usually below the bottom lip, above the chin. It was a symbol of status among coastal peoples.

Probably Dobbs created this negative, due to composition and photographic style. Printed by Lomen Bros. with added Lomen Bros. Studio signature

PH Coll 328.537

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Eskimos--Clothing & dress--Alaska; ; Alaska Natives--Clothing & dress--Alaska;; Labrets; Fur garments; Drills (Equipment); Hand tools
  • Subjects (LCSH): Eskimos--Jewelry--Alaska--Seward Peninsula; ; Alaska Natives--Jewelry--Alaska--Seward Peninsula;; Parkas--Alaska--Seward Peninsula;
Depicted place Seward Peninsula
Date between 1903 and 1906
date QS:P571,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1906-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
6361
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1937, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
Order Number
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AWC7020

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