Quebec Snow Boy
SOLD April 2014 |
Roughly CDV-sized tintype of a boy in Quebecois winter costume holding snowshoes, anonymous Canadian circa 1880. Print size 3.5 x 2.5 inches (9x6 cm).
This young lad appears to wear a version of the ceinture fléchée -- a finger-braided woolen sash that is a traditional French-Canadian garment . He carries a small pair of snowshoes at his side.
In excellent condition with a few tiny scratches.
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