Outdoor portrait of two men posed in front of a tipi with cloth draped over entrance. Elk River (ca. 1810-ca. 1903), on L, holds a staff and holds aloft a feather fan and Willis Roland (1862-ca. 1940) looks on. They wear white shirts and dark vests; Elk River wears a head turban or scarf, beaded or embroided leggings and beaded moccasins; Roland wears a broad-brimmed hat, and dark pants.
Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
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Time Period:
1902-1920
Materials:
Techniques:
Dimensions:
6.5 x 8.5 in.
Cultures:
American Indians, Central Plains, Native Americans, North America, Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne), Plains, Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
City:
Lame Deer, Northern Cheyenne Reservation
County:
Rosebud County
State:
Montana
Country:
USA
Collection History:
Anthropologist, naturalist, and author George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) worked among Plains tribes, and especially the Northern Cheyenne, from the 1870s onward. Photographs taken during his fieldwork, either by his wife Elizabeth Curtis Grinnell or Julia Tuell (wife of a teacher on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation), probably accompanied the objects he donated to MAI in 1922.
Source ID:
NMAI_353689
Catalog Number:
N13550
Album Name:
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