Outdoor portrait of the man Elk River (John Elk RIver, ca. 1810-ca. 1903), holding a feather fan and a staff, posed in front of a tipi with a cloth draped over the entrance. He wears a cotton shirt and dark vest, white head scarf or turban, breechcloth, beaded or embroidered leggings, and beaded moccasins
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)
Site Name:
Rosebud River
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_354104
Catalog Number:
N13529
Album Name:
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