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Chief Powder Face
Object Number 2004.29.5619
Display Title Chief Powder Face
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Arapaho Indians (Algonquian)"; printed on photograph: "Powder face in war dress, 1867. Arapaho war chief."
Keywords
  • Social and Political Figure
  • Proper Name
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Warrior
  • Powderface
Department Photographic
Date 1867
Artist William S. Soule
Culture
  • Arapaho
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Platinum print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 18.42 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)

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