Item J-04863 - Portrait of a Haida woman, Mary

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Portrait of a Haida woman, Mary

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  • Source of title proper: Title based on remarks for ICAR: PN05311-B.
  • Attributions and conjectures: This photograph is attributed to Hannah Maynard.
  • Variations in title: Former title: Portrait (full-length) of an unidentified Indigenous individual, hair wrapped in a scarf, standing with cloth bags at their feet taken at a photographic studio attributed to Mrs. R. Maynards Photographic Gallery

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J-04863

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  • [1865-1866] (Creation)

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1 photograph : b&w collodion glass plate negative ; 8 x 12 cm

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Item consists of a portrait photograph of Mary, a Haida woman. She was employed as a washerwoman by Hannah Maynard from 1867-1869. The negative has not been manipulated.

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The negative is missing emulsion near the top and bottom edges of the portrait, resulting in a loss of the visual information .

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This studio portrait is cropped and featured in Hannah Maynard print:

  • ICAR: PN05311-B, captioned as "Haida Mary - washerwoman for Mrs. Maynard 1867-69"

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Accession number(s): 95-7328

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Archives code(s): HP094591; previously described as: F-09011

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This photograph was originally located in container identified as: "Maynard Coll. Box 7.15. Indians" and "#92"

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Subject appears to be featured other studio portraits. See J-04862 or ICAR: PN05310.

The catalog entry for this portrait is number “x74” in the Newcombe Register (register 1, entry 74, X Lantern slides section) states the following: "Haida woman in H.B. blanket - small labret. Maynard." Another catalog entry for this portrait is under number “M155” in the Newcombe Register (register 2, entry 155, M-E Maynard Ethnology Negatives section, page 45) which states the following: "Haida woman with "button" labret + H.B. blanket (Vic). Maynard." See also PN5311-A for a print with a Maynard stamp on the verso or a modern black and white print of a composite image (composed of the studio portrait PN05311-B and field photograph PN05697).

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  • Box: 000343-1022