Nancy Weeg-was & Weeg-was

Studio group portrait of Nancy Weeg-was and husband Weeg-was standing before illustrated backdrop wearing mixtures of western and traditional clothing. Nancy wears bead and shell disc choker necklaces, bead and bone hairpipe necklaces, and ruffled cotton blouse decorated with German silver brooches....

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: William L. Clements Library 1890
Subjects:
Photographs shelf.
Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
Algonquian Indians.
Indians of North America > Kansas.
Potawatomi Indians.
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
Weeg-was, > approximately 1853 > -Portraits.
Beadwork > 1890-1900.
Clothing & dress > United States > 1890-1900.
Embroidery > 1890-1900.
Hats > 1890-1900.
Indigenous peoples > United States > 1890-1900.
Necklaces > 1890-1900.
Spouses > United States > 1890-1900.
Tribal chiefs > United States > 1890-1900
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Online Access:http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-POHRT-X-511%5DCAB199_002
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/pohrt:511:CAB199_002
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Summary:Studio group portrait of Nancy Weeg-was and husband Weeg-was standing before illustrated backdrop wearing mixtures of western and traditional clothing. Nancy wears bead and shell disc choker necklaces, bead and bone hairpipe necklaces, and ruffled cotton blouse decorated with German silver brooches. Weeg-was wears broad brimmed hat, vest and embroidered moccasins.; Contemporary inscribed image caption on verso: Nancy Weeg-was.; Title devised by cataloger.; "Weeg-was" variant personal names: Wee Quas.; "Potawatomi Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Bodéwadmi Indians.; "Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation" variant names: Mshkodésik.

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