Lac du Flambeau Man Outside Portrait

Location Description: 

Minoequa, Wisconsin on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in Oneida County

Description: 

Outdoor portrait of an unidentified man posed in front of a reed structure covered with sheets of birchbark. He is wearing a feather headdress, wrapped braids, plain shirt with beaded epaulets, beaded vest(?), beaded armbands, a woven sash, beaded legbands, feather fan, and holds a pipe with a carved spiral-shaped stem.

Man in front of bark house, ca. 1940. photo by John G. Roberts. CHIPPEWA (?). WISC.

Handwritten on rev of postcard: "Ka Wan Nisha Shin Gigoo---W.O. KLING MATHER TOWER"; Postcard is addressed to "Dave Vernon, 75 East Wacker Dr. Chicago, Ill."

Printed on rev of postcard: "THOMPSON'S PINE GROVE COTTAGES MINOCQUA, WISCONSIN"

Location Description: 

Minocqua, Wisconsin on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Oneida County