Big Forehead / Hileman 27.

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Title: Big Forehead / Hileman 27.
Creator: Hileman, T. J. (Tomar Jacob), 1882-1945, photographer.
Published/Created: Kalispell, Mont. : Hileman, [1927]; ©1927
Physical Description: 1 photograph : platinum print ; 27.5 x 35 cm
Notes: Half length studio portrait of Big Forehead wearing mixture of western and traditional clothing including hair feathers, hair pipes, earrings, choker and loop necklaces, otter fur hair wraps, and wool capote while holding rifle.; Stamp with added inscriptions on verso: Glacier Park Photo Shop Photo Supplies, Flowers, Framing Glacier Park Views a Specialty Number 9541 Big Forehead - This View is Copyrighted by Hileman - Price - Kalispell, Mont.; Photographer's signature at bottom.; Blindstamp: © by Hileman Kalispell Mont.; Title derived from image caption on verso.; "Siksika Indians" variant names: Blackfoot Confederacy, Blackfeet Indians (Algonquian), Blackfoot Indians (Algonquian), Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Algonquian Indians.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Indians of North America--Montana.; Siksika Indians.; Clothing & dress--Montana--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--Montana--1920-1930.; Indigenous peoples--Montana--1920-1930.; Necklaces--1920-1930.; Older people--Montana--1920-1930.; Rifles--1920-1930.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1920-1930.; Algonquian.; Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.; Indigenous peoples--Montana.; Siksika.
Genre: Platinum prints 1920-1930.; Portrait photographs 1920-1930.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 781
Barcode: B10932094
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt LARGE Hil.001
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 7536 x 8556
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 781
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-781/large019_001

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