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Dar-gar-swen-gar-ant, Dropping the Stock of the Gun or Harrison Halftown [profile]

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)

Object Details

  • Date

    1893

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 5 1/2 x 4 in.
    Sheet: 7 9/16 x 5 in.
    Mount: 8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 1045. DAR-GAR-SWEN-GAR-ANT. Dropping the Stock of the Gun. \ Commonly known as Harrison Halftown; belongs to \ the Snipe clan. Was born on the Alleghany reserva- \ tion. Is the clerk of the nation, which position he has \ held for the last eight years. Was well educated at a \ Quaker school adjoining the reservation, and speaks \ English fluently. Is a fine speaker, and is quite noted \ as an orator. Age, 47; height 5.8; head, 23 1/4; chest, \ 42.

    u.c. in graphite. Neg. no. 922-b

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.3035

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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