Studio Portrait of Two Ojibwe Women

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Description: 

Women are probably from Leech Lake Reservation, Cass County, Minnesota. Handwritten on face of print: "Ojibwa"

Location Description: 

Saint Louis, Missouri

Protocol: 
Ziibiwing Center Public Access
Community: 
Ziibiwing Center
Category: 
Photos of Anishinabek
Tribe(s): 
Collections: 
Minnesota Anishinaabe
Original Date: 
1904
Creator: 
Carpenter, Charles H.
Source: 
Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of the American Indian
Publisher: 
Ziibiwing Center
Identifier: 
N37928
Type: 
negitive
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Studio portrait of two women wearing (stroud cloth?) dresses, one with elaborate ribbonwork on her sleeves, with beaded panels at the neckline, and multiple necklaces. Both wear beaded moccasins; woman on L wears embroidered or beaded leggings and woven sash. Woman on R is seated, making lace on pillow positioned on chair, with other examples of lacework behind her. Probably participants at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair: The Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Location Description: 

Saint Louis, Missouri

Title: 
Ojibway
Protocol: 
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Public Access
Community: 
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
Category: 
Photos of Anishinabek
Tribe(s): 
Collections: 
Minnesota Anishinaabe
Original Date: 
1904
Creator: 
Carpenter, Charles H.
Rights: 
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Source: 
Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of the American Indian
Publisher: 
National Museum of the American Indian
Identifier: 
N37928
Type: 
negitive