Esquimaux game of snap-the-whip
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Summary
| Description | "The film, photographed from a single camera position, shows a large tent of animal skins in front of which are two spectators watching two participants perform a game of skill using whips"--Early motion pictures. The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In the background will be seen one of their "Topeks," a sealskin tent in which they live during their short summer. |
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| Date | 1901 |
| Source | www.loc.gov |
| Author | porter, edwin s., white, james h. (james henry), thomas a. edison, inc, paper print collection (library of congress) |
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Attribution: porter, edwin s., white, james h. (james henry), thomas a. edison, inc, paper print collection (library of congress), 1901