Unidentified photographer
19th century (late)
Portrait of Wak-ka-mas, a Winnebago chief, in front of a tipi, speaking to a group of men, women, and children seated on the ground, and two men sitting in a tree in the background

Stereoview, half
British Museum
Museum number: Am,B37.25
 
Portrait of Wak-ka-mas, a Winnebago chief, in front of a tipi, speaking to a group of men, women, and children seated on the ground, and two men sitting in a tree in the background; the Winnebago wear cloth headscarf's, shirts and leggings, with the exception of the man on the right who wears a hat with a feather, and a man lying down who holds a tomahawk; two women and a child sit on the right, and a baby in a baby-carrier wrapped in cloth situated on the left beside a woman; tipi has square section of embroidered patterned at entrance; United States of America.
 
Curator's comments (Accessed: 5 June 2020)
Acquisition/Associated name: This image is stored in a box labelled as "William Blackmore". There is no associated documentation to determine that the collection was acquired from the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury in 1932, at the same time as Blackmore albums within the BM Pictorial Collection.
 
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