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Portrait of Black Hawk, Kiowa chief
Object Number 2004.29.5836
Display Title Portrait of Black Hawk, Kiowa chief
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kiowa. / Black Hawk."
Keywords
  • Proper Name
  • Social and Political Figure
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Portrait
  • Chief
Department Photographic
Date 1870
Culture
  • Kiowa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms Highlands
Materials Albumen print Cabinet card adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 13.97 cm (4 x 5 1/2 in.)

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