Two Prairie Band Potawatomi women posing with photograph / W. M. Oaks Photographer
Studio group portrait of two unidentified Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian women standing before illustrated backdrop wearing traditional clothing including dresses and blankets embroidered with silk ribbon applique as well as shell and bead necklaces. Both women lean on chair at center decorated with...
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Format: | Still Image |
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William L. Clements Library
1884
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Online Access: | http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-POHRT-X-447%5DCAB135_002 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/thumb/pohrt/447/CAB135_002/!250,250 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/pohrt:447:CAB135_002 |
Summary: | Studio group portrait of two unidentified Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian women standing before illustrated backdrop wearing traditional clothing including dresses and blankets embroidered with silk ribbon applique as well as shell and bead necklaces. Both women lean on chair at center decorated with personal items (possibly from deceased individual/ individuals known to subjects) including woven beadwork sash, blanket with silk ribbon applique, western-style leather purse, and what appears to be a family portrait photograph.; Printed at bottom: W.M. Oaks Photographer Oskaloosa, Kas.; Title devised by cataloger.; "Potawatomi Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Bodéwadmi Indians.; "Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation" variant names: Mshkodésik. |
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