Chippewa Chief
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Record Details
- Title
- Chippewa Chief
- Published/Created
- St. Paul, Minn. : Whitney's Gallery, [approximately 1862 to 1863]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 8 x 17 cm (stereograph format)
- Notes
- Three-quarters length studio portrait of Buffalo (also known as Be-She-Kee) seated wearing mixture of western and traditional clothing including grizzly bear claw necklace and narrow wool yarn and bead sash worn as necklace.
- Subject opposed fighting against United States during Dakota War in 1862.
- Title derived from image caption.
- Printed on left-hand margin: From Whitney's Gallery.
- Printed on right-hand margin: 174 Third Street, St. Paul, Minn.
- Original negative number?: 109.
- "Ojibwa Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Chippewa Indians, Ojibwe Indians.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Algonquian Indians.
- Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862.
- Indians of North America--Minnesota.
- Ojibwa Indians.
- Claws--1860-1870.
- Clothing & dress--Minnesota--1860-1870.
- Indigenous peoples--Minnesota--1860-1870.
- Tribal chiefs--United States--1860-1870.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 295
- Barcode
- B12119434
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt STE WhiJ.004
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 5792 x 2998
- File Size
- 670 KB
- Record
- 295
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-295/ste218_002
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"Chippewa Chief". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-295/ste218_002. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 11, 2024.