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Menominee Indian stretching skin in tanning.
Menominee Indian stretching skin in tanning.
Object Number 2004.29.5985
Display Title Menominee Indian stretching skin in tanning.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Menominee Indians (Algonquian) Menominee Ind. Stretching skin in tanning. Keshena, Wis. A. Skinner 1910."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
  • skin processing
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
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 16.51 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)

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