This is a life sized model reproduction of a man who lived eight hundred years ago. Called Nuvumiutaq, he lived in Arctic Bay as a hunter. The reproduction is the work of collaboration between the museum and the local community, including reproductions of the tools found with him.
These are pipes of the Iroquois peoples.
Change was coming, however, with the first confirmed outsiders coming into what they called the New World.
It began a thousand years ago with the Vikings.
Very interesting. I have recently visited a museum in the Finnish Lapland which had a section quite similar to this.
ReplyDeleteDelighted to meet Mr Nuvumiutaq. An interesting culture of which I know far too little - but you're slowly educating me!
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to learn about their way of life in the ancient days.
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ReplyDeleteIt is an interesting exhibit and a great museum!
Take care, enjoy your weekend!
Estou a gostar desta visita.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e bom fim-de-semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados
@Italiafinlandia: I've been reading a book which continually references the Sami people of Scandinavia.
ReplyDelete@John: thank you.
@Nancy: it is.
@Eileen: indeed.
@Francisco: thanks.
...wonderful clues to the past!
ReplyDeleteI love the Nuvumiutaq reproduction.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous recreation.
ReplyDeleteFascinating! I am interested in those tools, and learning more about this time.
ReplyDeleteHe would be shocked by what he would see today.
ReplyDeleteLove how the museum collaborated with the community.
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ReplyDeleteQuite the collection of artifacts ~ Gorgeous autumn header ~ ^_^
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Nuvumiutaq reminds me of the American actor, Charles Bronson.
ReplyDeleteThat is a fabulous model of him. Those Vikings sure got around a lot in their ships.
ReplyDeleteThat reproduction of the man is so life like.
ReplyDeleteA great recreation, he looks so real.
ReplyDeletethe reproduction really is so life like.
ReplyDeleteThe pipes make a communal as well as a personal connection with these people.
ReplyDeleteLes Vikings! So cool, William. Love meeting the First Nations man too
ReplyDeleteThe Iroquois people covered a huge amount of land.
ReplyDeletePretty neat! When I was a kid, I loved wandering through the Smithsonian seeing the dioramas.
ReplyDelete@Tom: indeed.
ReplyDelete@Anvilcloud: me too.
@David: definitely.
@DJan: this museum does it well.
@Sharon: the world certainly changed.
@Jeanie: it's the right way to do things now.
ReplyDelete@Red: thank you.
@Carol: thanks.
@Maywyn: I can see that.
@RedPat: they did indeed.
@Marie: very much so.
@Bill: he does.
ReplyDelete@Klara: indeed.
@Revrunner: definitely.
@Cloudia: thank you.
@Joanne: they did.
@Linda: I'd enjoy that.