Oto couple
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Record Details
- Title
- Oto couple
- Published/Created
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; mount 16.5 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
- Notes
- Studio group portrait of unidentified Oto Indian man and wife posing before illustrated backdrop. The man wears mixture of western and traditional clothing including hair feather, porcupine roach headdress, shell and bead necklaces, wool leggings with bead and silk ribbon embroidery, woven beadwork garters, moccasins, and necklace affixed with presidential peace medal while holding bead embroidered tobacco bag. The wife wears mixture of western and traditional clothing including bead necklaces, blouse decorated with German silver brooches, and skirt decorated with silk ribbon applique while holding blanket/skirt decorated with silk ribbon applique. Original negative likely produced approximately 1870 to 1880.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- "Oto Indians" variant names: Jiwére Indians, Otoe Indians.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains.
- Oto Indians.
- Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma.
- Ribbon work.
- Siouan Indians.
- Beadwork--1870-1880.
- Clothing & dress--United States--1870-1880.
- Embroidery--1870-1880.
- Headdresses--1870-1880.
- Hides & skins--1870-1880.
- Indigenous peoples--United States--1870-1880.
- Medals--1870-1880.
- Necklaces--1870-1880.
- Spouses--United States--1870-1880.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 506
- Barcode
- B10933941
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt CAB Uni.008
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3552 x 5768
- File Size
- 897 KB
- Record
- 506
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-506/cab194_001
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"Oto couple". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-506/cab194_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 16, 2024.