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Gathering of women after dinner
Object Number 995-26-00/1.19
Display Title Gathering of women after dinner
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "At Standing Rock Agency, No Dakota, whither the Indians / had come to receive Government rations according to treaty. / A gathering of women after dinner for informal speechmaking and talk, / and sometimes with a little droning singing."
Department Photographic
Date 1880-1900
Artist Joshua W. Davis
Culture
  • Dakota
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms Standing Rock Agency
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Album
Dimensions Overall: 15.5575 × 20.6375 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
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Provenance
Donor Friends of the Lincoln Library

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