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LL/61587
Thomas Easterly
1849
Mahee (Knife) with his wife Kunzanya, and child, Iowa

Daguerreotype
Missouri History Museum
Easterly Daguerreotype Collection, Identifier: 17193
 
Curatorial description (Accessed: 30 September 2015)
 
Portrait of Mahee (Knife) with his wife Kunzanya, and child of the Iowa. They wear beaded jewelry and thick blankets. Mahee holds an object in his hand. Daguerreotype is in its original case. On this daguerreotype is faint writing which is reversed, indicating that it is a duplicate plate. The writing is too faint to read.
 
LL/61587


 

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