Three Calves - Piegan

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Title: Three Calves - Piegan
Creator: Haney, Mabelle, photographer.
Published/Created: [Place of publication not identified] : [Mabelle Haney], [between 1920 and 1930]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; mount 41.5 x 51 cm
Notes: Three-quarter length portrait of Three Calves seated wearing western clothing while holding bead embroidered buffalo hide knife sheath and "bear knife" composed of dagger-style steel blade fitted to handle made from lower mandible of grizzly bear. Knife embellished with feathers and thimbles affixed to handle.; Title devised by cataloger.; "Three Calves" variant personal names: Nee-oks-kow-ni-stah, Nuo-knit-stah.; "Piegan Indians" variant names: Amskapi Pikuni, Blackfoot Confederacy, Blackfeet Indians (Algonquian), Blackfoot Indians (Algonquian), Blackfeet Nation, Niitsitapi, Peigan Indians, Piikani, Pikuni Indians, 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.; Piegan Indians.; Beadwork--1920-1930.; Embroidery--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--1920-1930.; Indigenous peoples--Montana--1920-1930.; Knives--1920-1930.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1920-1930.; Algonquian.; Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.; Indigenous peoples--Montana.; Piikani.
Genre: Gelatin silver prints 1920-1930.; Portrait photographs 1920-1930.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 833
Barcode: B10931980
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt OVERSIZE Han.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: 10830 x 12262
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 833
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-833/over009_001

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