Ba-bah-wa-na-be-que Studio Portrait
Description:
Studio portrait of the elderly woman Ba Bah Wa Na Be Que, wearing a patterned cotton dress and multiple shell, bead, and dentalium necklaces. She wears a small tag on lapel which reads "413." Probably a participant at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair: The Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Handwritten on front of print: "Ba-bah-wa-na-be-que"; handwritten on rev of print: "Chippewa Indian Minnesota" ".TW"
Ba Bah Wa Na Be Que, Chippewa woman. CHIPPEWA. MINNESOTA.
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Ba-bah-wa-na-be-queLocation Description:
Saint Louis, Missouri