Mrs. David Manatc Splitting Spruce

Title
Mrs. David Manatc Splitting Spruce
Creator
Johnson, Frederick
Spatial Coverage
Kokomville - Barrière Lake
Description
Outdoor portrait of Algonquin woman Mrs. David Manatc seated under a tarp splitting spruce root (watap) for use in making a canoe, wearing a long fabric dress and plaid shirt or jacket, and a head scarf. Dug and split for sewing canoes at cuts and sewing gunwales. The canoe was probably made at David Makokus landing on Barrière Lake (Lac-Barrière), Quebec. See also N15020 - N15028. It is also possible that this is mis-identified and the woman in actually Suzanne Maranda.
Format
Photography
Éditeur
Museum of the American Indian
Date Modified
2026-08-03
Access Rights
Open access
License
Protected by copyrights
Identifier
NMAI.AC.001.038,Item-N15026