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About this Item
Record Details
- Title
- Osage Indians Photograph Album
- Published/Created
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1880 to 1900]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (48 albumen prints) ; 19 x 26 cm
- Notes
- Photographs primarily of unidentified Osage Indian men, women and children (both individual and group portraits; studio and outdoor) and other scenes from Osage Reservation as well as Pawhuska, Oklahoma Territory, taken approximately between 1880 and 1900. Contents include photographs of Osage Agency buildings, Indian Boys and Girls Homes, Osage encampments, buildings in Pawhuska, cattle ranching, Osage infants in cradleboards, Osage men, women, children and chiefs wearing western and traditional clothing, as well as ceremonies and dances. An individual portrait (pg. 1) and two group photos (pgs. 5 and 8) show Chief James Bigheart in western clothing, while a portrait of Ma-Chet-Seh can be found on the left-hand side of the second page. Images captioned "Sun Dance" are likely related to Fourth of July celebrations. Of particular note is a photograph of two Osage children and hidden mother in the background. 12 photographs including images of Pawhuska buildings and street scenes, white American sightseers at "Lover's Leap" rock formation and Osage lodge with inverted American flag possibly taken by unidentified compiler of album while remainder of photographs taken by George W. Parsons. Several photographs supplied with captions.
- Brown leather cover with "Photographs" embossed on front and back; housed in grey board wrap with blue cloth spine.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- "James Bigheart" variant personal names: Pun-Kah-Wi-Tah-An-Kah.
- "Osage Indians" variant names: Ni-u-kon-ska, Wazhaze Indians.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Bigheart, James,--1838-1908--Portraits.
- Dhegiha Indians.
- Indian dance--United States.
- Indians of North America--Education.
- Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies.
- Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains.
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma Territory.
- Osage Indians.
- Osage Reservation (Okla.)
- Pawhuska (Okla.)
- Ribbon work.
- Siouan Indians.
- United States.--Office of Indian Affairs.--Osage Agency.
- Beadwork--1880-1900.
- Boarding schools--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Body painting--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Ceremonial dancers--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Clothing & dress--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Cradleboards--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Dance--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Domestic life--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Embroidery--1880-1900.
- Families--Osage--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Flags--American--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Fourth of July celebrations--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Government facilities--American--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Headdresses--1880-1900.
- Hides & skins--1880-1900.
- Indian agents--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Indian encampments--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Indian reservations--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Indigenous peoples--United States--1880-1900.
- Infants--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Lodges--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Manners & customs--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Medals--1880-1900.
- Necklaces--1880-1900.
- Older people--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Rites & ceremonies--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Rock formations--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Sightseers--Oklahoma Territory--1880-1900.
- Tipis--1880-1900.
- Tribal chiefs--United States--1880-1900.
- Turbans--1880-1900.
- Dhegiha.
- Indigenous dance--United States.
- Indigenous peoples--Education--North America.
- Indigenous peoples--North America--Rites and ceremonies.
- Indigenous peoples--North America--Social life and customs.
- Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.
- Indigenous peoples--North America--Oklahoma Territory.
- Osage.
- Siouan.
- Parsons, G. W.--(George Washington),--1845-1931,--photographer.
- Genre
- Albumen prints 1880-1900.
- Group portraits 1880-1900.
- Landscape photographs 1880-1900.
- Photograph albums 1880-1900.
- Portrait photographs 1880-1900.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 976
- Barcode
- B10933800
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt Albums 2
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2531 x 1955
- File Size
- 385 KB
- Record
- 976
- Link to this Item
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"Osage Indians Photograph Album". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-976/album002_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 21, 2025.