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Colonel Lewis Downing. Head Chief of the Cherokees. Shindler cat. No. 96.
Colonel Lewis Downing. Head Chief of the Cherokees. Shindler cat. No. 96.
Object Number 2004.29.6216
Display Title Colonel Lewis Downing. Head Chief of the Cherokees. Shindler cat. No. 96.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Cherokee Indians (Iroquoian) Colonel Lewis Downing, Cherokee. by A. Zeno Shindler"
Keywords
  • Social and Political Figure
  • Proper Name
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Chief
Department Photographic
Date 1868
Artist Antonio Zeno Shindler
Culture
  • Cherokee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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