Man in African attire

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Repository

LaBudde Special Collections

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Description

A studio portrait of a smiling unidentified African American barefoot man in African attire [real or imagined is unknown by person adding description]. He carries a club up in his right hand and holds a shield over a spear upright on the ground in his left hand. His hair is fashioned in vertical feathers. He wears a necklace of a leather strand with beads across the front. He wears a loincloth of feathers in front and a leather breechcloth in the back. Navel is blurred out.

Member of

Dolores Hobley Collection

Language English

Date Published

1901

1910

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Subject, Old

African American men

Shields

Spears

Breechcloths

Time Period

1901-1910

Notes

No date; likely circa 1900, Mounted to 4.25"x6.5" decorative paperboard., Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original

1 photograph : black and white print ; 14 x 11 cm

Filename

umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-225.tif

Genres

Gelatin silver prints

Black & white photographs

Portrait photographs

Type

photographs