Description
The wife of a 'werowance' or chief of Secotan, leaf from a volume (now consisting of 113 leaves of drawings), assocated with John White; standing to right, wearing a leather skirt and with tatoos, her arms folded. Watercolour, touched with bodycolour, heightened with white (oxidised). Verso: Kalicho, an Inuk, seen from behind; wearing a sealskin jacket with hood and tail, holding a bow and paddle. Watercolour, with pen and grey ink.
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
© Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
Country
Canada
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
People & Society
