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Fremont, Nebraska

Omaha Man, Buffalo Robe and Turban (A. C. Hull, Fremont, Nebraska)

A. C. Hull · E Street, Fremont, Nebraska

Date
c. 1870–1880
Medium
Carte-de-visite
Subject
Indigenous
Origin
Fremont, Nebraska

A bust length studio portrait of a young Indigenous man, made in the 1870s. He is bare chested above a buffalo robe drawn over his lap. The sitter wears a cloth turban, shell or silver pendant earrings, and a bead choker with a central pendant. A pencil inscription in the lower margin reads "Omahas."

The photographer was A. C. Hull, whose imprint identifies his gallery on E Street in Fremont, Nebraska. Hull's studio was situated on a primary route between the city of Omaha and the Omaha and Pawnee reservations.

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