Sujet
Breast yoke used to help in carrying heavy packs
Légende
Breast yoke used to help in carrying heavy packs, A cord was affixed to one end, passed around the load and looped over the other end the yoke itself was placed across the bearers chest. This yoke is carved with a womans face. It is inset with caribou teeth which served to protect the traveller from harm. Southwest Alaska, USA. Eskimo.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Smithsonian Institution, Washington
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A27_074
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
19,5Mo (395,3Ko) / 29,2cm x 16,8cm / 3444 x 1984 (300dpi)