Bacon Rind - Osage chief

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Title: Bacon Rind - Osage chief
Creator: Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth), photographer.
Published/Created: [Washington D.C.] : [Rodman Wanamaker and Joseph K. Dixon], [between 1908 and 1913]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; 19 x 24 cm
Notes: Full length portrait of Bacon Rind seated outdoors wearing traditional clothing including feather headdress, bead necklace, rocker engraved German silver armbands with hide strip attachments, chest tattoos, wool blanket, and necklace affixed with George Washington presidential peace medal while holding notched wood staff. Photograph possibly taken at Osage Indian Reservation in Oklahoma as part of Rodman Wanamaker Expedition. Lacking mount.; Original negative number: 1737.; Title devised by cataloger.; "Bacon Rind" variant personal names: Fat on Skin, Star that Travels, Wahshehah, Wah Tze Moh In.; "Osage Indians" variant names: Ni-u-kon-ska, Wazhazhe Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Bacon Rind--(Osage Indian),--1860-1932--Portraits.; Dhegiha Indians.; Indians of North America--Missouri River Valley.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma.; Osage Indians.; Siouan Indians.; Beadwork--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--Oklahoma--1900-1920.; Headdresses--1900-1920.; Hides & skins--1900-1920.; Indigenous peoples--United States--1900-1920.; Medals--1900-1920.; Necklaces--1900-1920.; Older people--Oklahoma--1900-1920.; Tattoos--1900-1920.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1900-1920.; Body adornment.; Body modification.; Tattoos.; Dhegiha.; Indigenous peoples--Missouri River Valley.; Indigenous peoples--Oklahoma.; Osage.; Siouan.; Wanamaker, Rodman,--1863-1928,--publisher.
Genre: Expedition photographs 1900-1920.; Gelatin silver prints 1900-1920.; Portrait photographs 1900-1920.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 720
Barcode: B10931709
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt MEDIUM Dix.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: 5536 x 5974
File Size: 930 KB
Record: 720
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-720/med023_001

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