The Big Chief
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Record Details
- Title
- The Big Chief
- Published/Created
- [Washington, D.C.?] : [John K. Hillers], [1875]
- Baltimore MD : G.W. Robinson, [after 1875]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 10 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
- Notes
- Full length portrait of Big Chief sitting bare-chested on rock wearing breechcloth and holding Winchester rifle.
- Photograph taken by John K. Hillers in 1875 while at Grand Council in Okmulgee, Indian Territory. Subject thought to be Southern Arapaho; commonly misidentified as "Big Chief, Cheyenne".
- Printed on front right-hand and left-hand margins: G.W. Robinson, Baltimore MD.
- Printed on front bottom margin: Views in Indian Territory.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- "Big Chief" variant personal names: Neece Beesei?
- "Arapaho Indians" variant names: Arapahoe Indians, Gens de Vache, Hinono'eino, Inun-ina.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Algonquian Indians.
- Arapaho Indians.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains.
- Indians of North America--Indian Territory.
- Breechcloths--1870-1880.
- Indigenous peoples--United States--1870-1880.
- Rifles--1870-1880.
- Tribal chiefs--United States--1870-1880.
- Robinson, G. W.,--seller.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 130
- Barcode
- B10932198
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt STE Hil.001
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 5818 x 3326
- File Size
- 913 KB
- Record
- 130
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-130/ste053_001
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- Manifest
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/pohrt:130:STE053_001
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"The Big Chief". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-130/ste053_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 10, 2024.