John Bear

John K. Hillers (1843-1925)

Date

1886
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 1/2 x 6 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: JOHN BEAR.
l.r. in image: WINNEBAGO.15.
Mount Verso:
u.c. printed on paper label: Ma-shun shep-ka, \ Quill \ feather \ dark he \ who \ Dark Quill-feathers Person. \ "John Bear." Age 22 yrs. \ A student at Hampton, Va., and \ a member of the Black bear gens, \ though his name seems to belong \ to the Bird gens (which has a \ Ma-shun sep-ka, Black Quill- \ feathers Person).
c. in graphite: Neg. No. 3767
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.2307
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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