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Woman scraping off hair of skin Keshena
Woman scraping off hair of skin Keshena
Object Number 2004.29.5978
Display Title Woman scraping off hair of skin Keshena
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Menominee Indians (Algonquian) Menominee Ind. Scraping off hair of skin. Keshena, Wis. A. Skinner, 1910."
Keywords
  • Manufacture and General Utility
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Scraping skin
Department Photographic
Date 1910
Artist Alanson Buck Skinner
Culture
  • Fox
  • Sauk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Wisconsin
Additional Geographic Terms Great Lakes; Riverine region; Keshena
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.26 x 13.97 cm (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)

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