Call NumberZ-12108Date1920-1930SummaryStudio portrait of an elderly North American Indian (Sioux) couple, Chief Black Horn and his wife Bessie. Chief Black Horn wears a feather headdress, a painted, fringed leather jacket, and he has a peace medal around his neck. He has a blanket wrapped around his waist and wears beaded moccasins. His wife, Bessie, wears a long dress possibly decorated with beads, bead necklaces, a silver concho belt and beaded moccasins. Her hair is in braids.Physical Description1 photographic print ; 16 x 10 cm (6 x 4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota IndiansIndians of North America.Clothing & dressCouplesHeaddressesOlder peopleWomenBlack HornBlack Horn, Bessie.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711012108Type of MaterialGroup portraitsPhotographic printsStudio portraitsOriginal Material Found in CollectionCopy prints - Native American PersonalitiesNotesModern copy print. Title printed on original and reproduced in print. "Is part of" label supplied by cataloger. R7110121087
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