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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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Details
- 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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