Chibiabos. / Grace Chandler Horn

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Title: Chibiabos. / Grace Chandler Horn
Creator: Horn, Grace Chandler, photographer.
Published/Created: [Petoskey, Michigan] : Grace Chandler Horn, [between 1905 and 1915]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : platinum print ; mount 15.5 x 21 cm
Notes: Full length portrait of unidentified Anishinaabe Indian actor associated with Hiawatha Pageant standing in canoe wearing costume including war bonnet, shell and bead necklaces, and fringed hide shirt. Subject dressed for role of Chibiabos (variant spelling Jiibayaabooz).; Deteriorated photograph of Lake Huron presumably taken by Grace Chandler Horn present on verso.; Louis Oliver Armstrong recruited actors from Garden River First Nation Ojibwa in Ontario as well as from local Waganakising Ottawa communities in Northern Michigan to take part in his theatrical production "Hiawatha, or, Nanabozho: An Ojibway Indian Play" inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem "Song of Hiawatha." Armstrong had the show's location moved to Round Lake (also known as Wa-ya-ga-mug) near Petoskey, Michigan, in 1905.; Contemporary inscribed signature: Grace Chandler Horn.; Label applied to verso: From the Collection of Indian and Nature Pictures by Grace Chandler Horn, and sold, wholesale or retail, at her studios, Harbor Springs and Petoskey, Michigan. J. Homer De Pue, Manager.; Title derived from contemporary inscribed image caption on verso.; "Garden River First Nation" variant names: Gitigaan-ziibi Anishinaabe, Ketegaunseebee.; "Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan" variant names: Waganakising Odawa, Waganakising Ottawa.; "Ojibwa Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Chippewa Indians, Ojibwe Indians.; "Ottawa Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Odawa Indians, Outaouak Indians, Tawa Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Algonquian Indians.; Garden River First Nation.; Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.); Indians of North America--Drama.; Indians of North America--Michigan.; Indigenous peoples--Ontario.; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan.; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,--1807-1882.--Song of Hiawatha.; Ojibwa Indians.; Ottawa Indians.; Pictorialism (Photography movement); Actors--Michigan--1900-1920.; Beadwork--1900-1920.; Canoes--Michigan--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Costumes--1900-1920.; Embroidery--1900-1920.; Indian encampments--Michigan--1900-1920.; Indigenous peoples--Michigan--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Michigan--1900-1920.; Necklaces--1900-1920.; Open-air theatrical productions--Michigan--1900-1920.; Pageants--Michigan--1900-1920.; War bonnets--1900-1920.; First Nations--Ontario.; Algonquian.; Indigenous peoples--North America--Drama.; Indigenous peoples--Michigan.; Indians of North America--Ontario.; Ojibwe.; Odawa.
Genre: Landscape photographs 1900-1920.; Platinum prints 1900-1920.; Portrait photographs 1900-1920.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 909
Barcode: B10932362
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt GCH.069
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 4672 x 5778
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 909
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-909/gch069_001

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Full citation: "Chibiabos. / Grace Chandler Horn". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-909/gch069_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 28, 2025.