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Object Number
995-26-00/1.22
Display Title
Chief's wife and daughter with another woman and children
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on album page: "Common method of carrying the baby on the back. / And chief's wife and daughter with very valuable Elk-teeth cape, / Elk being very rare. Baby caught in a whimpering cry."
Department
Photographic
Date
1880-1900
Artist
Joshua W. Davis
Culture
- Native North American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Print, black and white adhered to Album
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5575 × 20.955 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Label on object
See notes and histories for inscriptions
Provenance
Donor
Friends of the Lincoln Library
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