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Collection Creator:
Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994  Search this
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this
Extent:
1 Negatives (photographic)
Culture:
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Date:
1930
Scope and Contents:
Outdoor portrait of Mi'kmaq (Micmac) woman Ann Madeline "Nanaoqji'j" Poulette. She sits in front of a birchbark-covered wi'kuom (wigwam) on the Whycocomagh Reserve (Waycobah) in Nova Scotia. In the 1930s, wigwams were often used as workshops and places where people spent time during the day. Mrs. Poulette made baskets in this wigwam, located behind Stephen Morris's house. Originally identified as "Mrs. Pullet."
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. Some images restricted: Cultural Sensitivity
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frederick Johnson photograph collection, Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.001.038, Item N19804
See more items in:
Frederick Johnson photograph collection
Frederick Johnson photograph collection / Series 3: Canada: Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Mi'kmaq (Micmac) / 3.1: Membertou and Waycobah (Whycocomagh) Reserves, Nova Scotia
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4cf8b22a0-e111-4821-b29d-dbd98acc249d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-001-038-ref570