Three Educated Kiowa Girls Dress in Buckskin / Irwin, Chickasha, I.T.

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Title: Three Educated Kiowa Girls Dress in Buckskin / Irwin, Chickasha, I.T.
Creator: Irwin, William E., 1871-1935, photographer.
Published/Created: Chickasha, I.T. : Irwin, [between 1893 and 1900]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : collodion print ; mount 13 x 19 cm (boudoir cabinet card format)
Notes: Group portrait of three unidentified Kiowa Indian girls wearing fringed hide dresses, two of which are trimmed with elk teeth (seated individual wears dress trimmed with cowrie shells), as well as leather belts decorated with German silver conchos. Two strike-a-light cases visible. Image caption likely referring to girls having attended United States Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.; Printed on front: Irwin, Chickasha, I.T.; Non-contemporary? inscription on verso: Kiowa girls. Dresses wort $150 each.; Title derived from inscribed image caption on verso: Three Educated Kiowa Girls Dress in Buckskin all of which belongs in my Collection.; "Kiowa Indians" variant names: Cauigu Indians, Kiowan Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Indians of North America--Education.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma Territory.; Kiowa Indians.; Tanoan Indians.; United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.); Belts (Clothing)--Oklahoma Territory--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--Oklahoma Territory--1890-1900.; Dresses--Oklahoma Territory--1890-1900.; Indigenous peoples--Oklahoma Territory--1890-1900.; Indigenous peoples--Education--North America.; Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.; Indigenous peoples--North America--Oklahoma Territory.; Kiowa.; Tanoan.
Genre: Boudoir card photographs 1890-1900.; Collodion silver printing-out paper prints 1890-1900.; Group portraits 1890-1900.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 571
Barcode: B10932933
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt BOU Irw.002
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 4168 x 5848
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 571
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-571/bou048_001

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