Studio profile portrait of the man Dr. Charles A. Eastman, wearing feather headdress with beaded headband and ermine drops, heavily fringed and beaded shirt, beaded leggings and moccasins, holding beaded pouch and tomahawk. He wears a peace medal (?). Photographed at the Birth of Chicago Pageant in 1933?
Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
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Time Period:
1930-1935
Materials:
Techniques:
Dimensions:
6.5 x 8.5 in.
Cultures:
American Indians, Central Plains, Dakota (Eastern Sioux), Native Americans, North America, Plains, Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux)
City:
Chicago
County:
Cook County
State:
Illinois
Country:
USA
Collection History:
This print formerly in the collection of David T. Vernon (1900-1973). Before 1968, Vernon's collection was purchased by the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by Laurance S. Rockefeller, 1910-2004, and other members of the Rockefeller family). Photographs in Vernon's collection may have come to MAI via an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve in 1968 or may have been donated directly to MAI by Laurance Rockefeller.
Source ID:
NMAI_303989
Catalog Number:
P21879
Album Name:
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