COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
02298
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02298
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Record number:
02298-12
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02298-12
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JCB call number:
D819 R824v / 1-SIZE (copy 1)
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D819 R824v / 1-SIZE (copy 1)
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Image title:
A Bone Sled, Dog Whip, Spear, & Knife, of the Arctic Highlanders.
image_title
A Bone Sled, Dog Whip, Spear, & Knife, of the Arctic Highlanders.
Image title
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Creator 1:
Daniel Havell
creator1
Daniel Havell
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false
Creator 1 role:
Drawn & Engraved by
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Drawn & Engraved by
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false
Place image published:
London
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London
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false
Image publisher:
I. Murray, Albemarle Street
image_publisher
I. Murray, Albemarle Street
Image publisher
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Image date:
1819
image_date
1819
Image date
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Image function:
plate; following p. 102
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plate; following p. 102
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Technique:
etching
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etching
Technique
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Image dimension height:
17.7 cm. (platemark)
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17.7 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
22.9 cm. (platemark)
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22.9 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
26.6 cm.
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26.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
20.2 cm.
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20.2 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Languages:
English
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English
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Description:
A native American (Inuit) dog sled, whip, spear, and knife.
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A native American (Inuit) dog sled, whip, spear, and knife.
Description
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Source creator:
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
source_creator
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
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Source Title:
A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage.
source_title
A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage.
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Source place of publication:
London
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London
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Source publisher:
John Murray, Albemarle-Street
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John Murray, Albemarle-Street
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Source date:
1819
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1819
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notes:
The spear and sledge or sled were gifts from the Inuit to Captain Ross. The spear was made of narwhal tusk. The sled was made of seal bones and sealskin, with the runners made of narwhal tusk.Sir John Ross joined the Royal Navy at the age of nine. In 1818 he was appointed commander of an expedition sponsored by the British Admiralty to find a northwest passage. The ships were the Isabella and the Alexander (commanded by William Parry), specially fitted out to withstand Arctic exploration and to make wintering over in the Arctic possible. His mission was to find a passage, note the tides, currents, ice conditions, effects of magnetism, and to collect specimens. Ross experienced mirages in the form of mountains that made him turn back quite early in the exploration. He made two more trips to the Arctic: one in 1829 during which he found the magnetic north pole and spent four years in the Arctic while losing only three men, and one in 1850 when he was 72 to try to find the party of Sir John Franklin.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
The spear and sledge or sled were gifts from the Inuit to Captain Ross. The spear was made of narwhal tusk. The sled was made of seal bones and sealskin, with the runners made of narwhal tusk.Sir John Ross joined the Royal Navy at the age of nine. In 1818 he was appointed commander of an expedition sponsored by the British Admiralty to find a northwest passage. The ships were the Isabella and the Alexander (commanded by William Parry), specially fitted out to withstand Arctic exploration and to make wintering over in the Arctic possible. His mission was to find a passage, note the tides, currents, ice conditions, effects of magnetism, and to collect specimens. Ross experienced mirages in the form of mountains that made him turn back quite early in the exploration. He made two more trips to the Arctic: one in 1829 during which he found the magnetic north pole and spent four years in the Arctic while losing only three men, and one in 1850 when he was 72 to try to find the party of Sir John Franklin.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
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Time Period:
1801-1850
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1880.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1880.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Narwhal--Arctic regions
subject_heads
Narwhal--Arctic regions
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Inuit--Implements
subject_heads
Inuit--Implements
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Inuit--Material culture
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Inuit--Material culture
Subject headings
false