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Object Number
2004.29.5959
Display Title
Keokuk, or the Watchful Fox
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Sauk and Fox Indian (Algonquian) / Keokuk, or The Watchful Fox. Sac & Fox. From M.C.Z. Dec. 24, 1904. / [verso] re:H5959 (Neg. 27069) This 19th C. print is a copy of a daguerrotype taken in 1847 by Thos. Easterly of Liberty, Mo. Keokuk died in 1848. (ref. Gail Buckland: First Photographs - People, Places & Phenomena as captured for The First Time by the Camera." N.Y. Macmillan. Pub 6. 1980. Plate on page 38.) It is not known whether the dag. was shot in Liberty at Easterly's studio or at the Sac-Fox reservation 70 mi distant in Kansas. Easterly's ad in St. Louis newspapers said he made "likenesses of . . .Infian Chiefs. . .[et al]."
Keywords
- Proper Name
- Ethnographic
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Meskwaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 15.24 cm (4 1/4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Museum of Comparative Zoology
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.27069 | Keokuk, or "The Watchful Fox" |
Iowa
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| 2004.29.5962 | Chief Keokuk |
United States
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| 2004.29.5963 | Chief Keokuk and Chief Makoko |
United States
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| 2004.1.125.36 | Portrait of Ta-ka-ko (Grey Fox); Sacs and Fox |
United States
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| 2004.29.5968 | Meskwaki family standing in front of their house |
United States
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| 2004.29.5964 | Wathenaothe |
United States
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| 2004.29.5969 | Framework of a Wickiup |
United States
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| 2004.29.5970 | Woman standing in front of a wickiup |
United States
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| 2004.1.125.37 | Portrait of Na-ta-wa-kwut; Bear in the Fork of the Tree |
United States
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| 2004.29.5965 | Studio portrait of two young men |
United States
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| 2004.29.5958 | George Gomez and Iowa chief; Interpreters for Sacs and Foxes and Iowas |
United States
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| 2004.29.5961 | Studio portrait of Mo-ko-ho-ko |
United States
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