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Portrait of Bird Chief.
Object Number 2004.29.5612
Display Title Portrait of Bird Chief.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Arapaho Indians (Algonquian)"; printed on photograph: "Arapaho. S.P.C. 2171. Bird Chief."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Proper Name
Subject
  • Chief
  • Portrait
Department Photographic
Date 1850-1899
Artist William S. Soule
Culture
  • Arapaho
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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