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carte-de-visite
(black and white)
Object Type
carte-de-visite
(black and white)
Museum number
Am,A9.44
Title
Object:
William Blackmore Coll. Album 9
Description
Photograph, studio portrait of a Ojibwa man; wearing head-ornament, beaded belt hanging from his neck, coat and blanket; holding a pipe with his left hand. Albumen print; Carte-de-visite
Production date
19thC
Production place
Photographed in:
Americas
Materials
paper
Technique
photographic process
Dimensions
Height:
10.20 centimetres
Width:
6.20 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Camarda 2001 / The Blackmore collection : issues of authenticity in the construction of a fictionalised imagery of the "Wild West" through Native American Indian photographs
Fleming & Luskey 1991 / The North Americans Indians in early photographs
Location
Not on display
Condition
good
Subjects
garment
smoking
personal-ornament
headgear/hairstyle
Associated places
Associated with:
North America
Associated ethnic name
Representation of:
Ojibwa
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
Acquisition date
1932
Acquisition notes
The 'Disposal book of the Salisbury South Wilts and Blackmore Museum No. 1 1928-1952' reports the disposal of a: "Photographs of North American Indians and miscellanea" given to the Department of Ceramics and Ethnography of the British Museum. It is dated 24th February 1932.
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am,A9.44