Iron Plume - Ogalala

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Plains Art Museum

Studio facial portrait is of an older Ogalala man, shown from the chest up, facing forward. The man wears a hide shirt decorated with beadwork panels of geometric designs including triangular motifs on a white background (over figure's proper right shoulder). He also wears a full eagle feather headdress with a beadwork rim/edging (inverting white and colored triangle design).

Studio facial portrait is of an older Ogalala man, shown from the chest up, facing forward. The man wears a hide shirt decorated with beadwork panels of geometric designs including triangular motifs on a white background (over figure's proper right shoulder). He also wears a full eagle feather headdress with a beadwork rim/edging (inverting white and colored triangle design).

Name/Title

Iron Plume - Ogalala

Entry/Object ID

1990.031.0004

Tags

Native American Collection, Photogravure, Portrait, Man

Description

Black and white photogravure on tissue

Artwork Details

Medium

Photogravure, Tissue Paper

Subject

Native American Ogalala; Male; Portrait; Beadwork; Headdress

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Curtis, Edward S.

Role

Photographer

Date made

1907

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

Object Type 1: Photograph

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Depth

12-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

9 1/2 in. x 12 1/4 in. (24.13 cm x 31.12 cm)

Height

7-1/4 in

Width

5-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Measurements listed in its file. Sheet is 8 3/8 x 6"