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Seal Hunter
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Seal Hunter
Seal Hunter

Seal Hunter

DateCirca 1987
MediumPrints
Dimensions15.2 × 10.1 cm (6 × 4 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Object numberPh 06030.1 - .4
Description4 colour photos of the Seal Hunter canoe, made by Morris White (Staastas Chief) along with his sons, Christian, Todd and Derek White, in 1987. 36 feet.
.1 - Morris White posed in front of the Seal Hunter displaying the front end with a whale design painted on it.
.2 - Seal Hunter in carving shed with 7 people in the photo.
.3 - Christian White, Todd White, Candace Weir-White and four others carrying the Seal Hunter to the water in Old Massett.
.4 - Seal Hunter being paddled by 6 people with three children on board in Masset Inlet.
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