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Studio Portrait of Jasper Blowsnake
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Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting on a prop stone wall. His hat, which has a German silver hat band, is sitting on the stone column, and he is wearing a beaded coat, moccasins, gorget, Canadian 5 cent coin chain earrings, and an erect eagle feather (symbolizing war honor). He is identified as Jasper Blowsnake.
Van Schaick, Charles
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WHi 62830
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