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Wah-kunk-scha-kaw and Daughter [possibly]

Unknown

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1870-1890

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 3 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.
    Sheet: 7 9/16 x 5 in.
    Mount: 8 7/16 x 6 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.c. in image: Winnebago

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. printed on paper label: 812. WAH-KUNK-SCHA-KAW, and daughter. \ Wife of "Martin Van Buren," a former prominent \ chief of the tribe.

    u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: This probably has a wrong name, as Wa-kan ska-ka, \ White Snake Person, and Wa-kancha-ka, Thunder-bird \ Person, are male [male underlined] names.

    u.c. in graphite: 1051. \ see [crossed out] Neg. No. 3762

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.2838

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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