Portrait of Abraham Ulrikab

1880/81

MARKK
Hamburg, Germany

Abraham Ulrikab and his family were recruited by Johan Adrian Jacobsen for an ethnological exposition of the Hagenbeck company in Hebron, Labrador in 1880. During their tour he kept a diary which is the only account of an ethnological exposition written by a participant. Like their companions, Ulrikab and his family died of smallpox. The organisers’ had failed to provide the necessary vaccinations.

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Title: Portrait of Abraham Ulrikab
Date Created: 1880/81
Type: Photograph
Publisher: Museum of Ethnology Hamburg
Rights: Museum of Ethnology Hamburg | Photographic Archive Collection
External Link: Homepage Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg
Medium: carte-de-visite (Gelatine printing out paper)
Date of Acquisition: 1940
Context of Origin: Hamburg, Germany
Collection: Coll. Johan Adrian Jacobsen

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