Tribal Life: elderly man, wearing an ostrich feather head dress and goat skin mantle, holding a spoon of snuff

Clothing and dress, Ethnic costume, Headdresses, Snuff, Ostrich feathers, Skin Clothing
Collection: 
Campbell Collections
Creator: 
Karl Robert Brueckner
Resource Type: 
Photographs
Language: 
English
Resource Identifier: 
KCM 91/2/4 (G16)
File Type: 
Picture
Source : 
G: Photographs of Tribal Life taken by K.R. Brueckner

 

Label on photograph: “Ostrich Feather Head Dress.  Goat skin Mantle.  About to take snuff from a spoon.  Ear lobes pierced to hold snuff spoon & snuff box” (MS BRUECKNER G16) ;

Description: Elderly man, wearing an ostrich feather head dress and goat skin mantle, holding a spoon of snuff.

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Photograph placed in sleeve labelled “G: Photographs of ‘Tribal Life’ taken by K.R. Brueckner of Adams College.”

 

 

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A copy of this picture is available through the Campbell Collections, please contact the Campbell Collections for enquiries regarding the images from the Karl Robert Brueckner papers.

 

Posted by: Emily
On: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 10:03