Shob ne kak kak & wife / Oakes & Ireland

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Title: Shob ne kak kak & wife / Oakes & Ireland
Creator: Oaks & Ireland, photographer.
Published/Created: Holton, Kansas : Oakes & Ireland, [between 1880 and 1890?]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 16 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
Notes: Studio group portrait of Potawatomi Indian man identified as "Shob-ne-kak-kak" and unidentified wife standing before illustrated backdrop wearing mixtures of western and traditional clothing. Shob-ne-kak-kak (at right) wears bead necklaces, broad brimmed hat affixed with feathers, wool yarn sash draped over shoulders, bead embroidered breechcloth, woven beadwork garters, and moccasins with bead decorated side flaps while his wife wears shell and bead necklaces, blouse decorated with German silver brooches, and blanket decorated with silk ribbon applique and German silver brooches.; Photograph appears to have been superimposed over another image on mount.; Printed on verso: Instantaneous Portraits of Children. Oakes & Ireland Holton, Kansas. The Negative of This Photograph Is Preserved and Can Be Reduced For The Smallest Locket, or Enlarged up to Life Size and Finished in Crayon, Ink or Water Color.; Title derived from contemporary inscribed image caption on verso.; "Potawatomi Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Bodéwadmi Indians.; "Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation" variant names: Mshkodésik.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Algonquian Indians.; Indians of North America--Kansas.; Potawatomi Indians.; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.; Ribbon work.; Beadwork--1880-1890.; Breechcloths--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--Kansas--1880-1890.; Dresses--Kansas--1880-1890.; Embroidery--1880-1890.; Indigenous peoples--United States--1880-1890.; Necklaces--1880-1890.; Spouses--Kansas--1880-1890.; Ireland, W. R.--(William R.),--photographer.; Oaks, W. M.--(William M.),--photographer.
Genre: Albumen prints 1880-1890.; Cabinet photographs 1880-1890.; Group portraits 1880-1890.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 449
Barcode: B10933155
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CAB Oak-Ire.001
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 3515 x 5766
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 449
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-449/cab137_002

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Full citation: "Shob ne kak kak & wife / Oakes & Ireland". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-449/cab137_002. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 29, 2024.

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