Big Bear
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Record Details
- Title
- Big Bear
- Published/Created
- Kilbourn City, Wis. : H. H. Bennett, [between 1870 and 1880]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 10.5 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
- Notes
- Near full length studio portrait of Ho Chunk Indian man identified as "Big Bear" seated before illustrated backdrop wearing western shirt and traditional robe and otter-fur turban adorned with feathers while holding bow and arrows.
- Title derived from image caption.
- Printed on front left-hand margin: Published and for sale in Kilbourn City, Wisconsin, by H. H. Bennett.
- Printed on front right-hand margin: Wanderings among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery.
- No. 1131.
- "Big Bear" variant personal names: Hoonch-hut-to-ne-kah?
- "Ho Chunk Indians" variant names: Hochangara Indians, Nipegon Indians, Puant Indians, Winnebago Indians.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Ho-Chunk Indians.
- Indians of North America--Wisconsin.
- Winnebago Indians.
- Siouan Indians.
- Arrows--1870-1880.
- Bows (Weapons)--1870-1880.
- Clothing & dress--Wisconsin--1870-1880.
- Indigenous peoples--Wisconsin--1870-1880.
- Turbans--Wisconsin--1870-1880.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 81
- Barcode
- B10930058
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt STE Ben.004
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 5711 x 3488
- File Size
- 745 KB
- Record
- 81
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-81/ste004_001
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/pohrt:81:STE004_001
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"Big Bear". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-81/ste004_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 11, 2024.