Portrait (front) of Man in Partial Native Dress with Ornaments (Prairie Pott or John Masgos)

DeLancey W. Gill (1859-1940)

Date

1898
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Silver-platinum print
Dimensions

Image: 7 7/8 x 6 in.
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 9/16 in.
Mount: 11 3/16 x 10 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. stamp: NEGATIVE BY \ DE LANCEY GILL
Sheet Recto:
l.c. printed on paper label: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY \ Potawatomi, a chief
Mount Recto:
l.c. stamp: NEGATIVE BY \ DE LANCEY GILL
Mount Verso:
u.l. in ink: A-13
u.c. in graphite: 16 [crossed out] \ Patawatome \ See [crossed out] Neg. No. 760 [crossed out] \ 762-a
u.c. in blue ink: John Masgos \ Prairie Pott \ After the death of Wabsai the Head Chief of the \ Prairie People - Masgos was Acting from 1872-1881.
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.2637
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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