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Object Number
45-16-10/100571.1.1
Display Title
Portrait of "Tail feathers coming over the hill" Age: 44.
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Blackfoot: Blood Indian (Algonquian) "Tail feathers coming over the hill" Age: 44. Montana. Taken in Washington, January 1892. (over) No. 3. "Tail feathers coming over the hill" or Oxshoatchish ixputam mishop, chief of Blood Indians of the Blackfoot Reservation, Montana, age 44, also called "Brookie," photographed in Washington, January, 1892."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Proper Name
Subject
- Portrait
- Hill
- Man
Department
Photographic
Date
1892
Culture
- Blackfoot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Washington
Additional Geographic Terms
High Plains
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 19.05 cm (5 x 7 1/2 in.)
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