Big Wolf 1
Rating
Identifier
P.320.010
Title
Big Wolf 1
Date
1930-1940
Notes
Big Wolf with braided and knotted hair wearing wool capote , hawk hair ornament , and tooth and claw necklace . Gathered leather thongs at right shoulder .Notes on verso "Calf Robe "; "Big Wolf (Hugh Dempsey) article. "
Historical Note
In 1925 T.J. Hileman became the Great Northern's official photographer, selling his prints in Glacier National Park and across the country for the next twenty years. Negatives of Hileman's Indian portraits were eventually bought by Don J. Schmidt, owner of Glacier Studios.
Local Object Type
Photographs
Subject (LCTGM)
Indigenous peoples Portraits Necklaces Birds Hawks Teeth
Subject (LCSH)
Native Americans Siksika Indians
Subjects
Big Wolf
Geonames
United States, http://www.geonames.org/6252001/united-states.html, 39.76, -98.5
Repository
McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Repository Collection
MS 320 Paul Dyck Plains Indians Buffalo Culture Collection
Supported by
This project was made possible in part by a Museums for America grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Physical Description
3.5 in x 5 in b&w photograph
Rights Statement
Copyright reserved by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.;
Languages
Eng
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