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Portrait of Seated Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting wrapped in a shawl. Probably Minnie Davis, the wife of Frank Davis. She r...
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John Davis in Modern Dress

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Description: Studio portrait of John Davis posing sitting and wearing a white shirt, tie, eyeglasses, and a hat. He is sitting in front of a painted backdrop.
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Portrait of Nancy Davis White Dog and Child

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Nancy Davis White Dog, sitting and holding a Ho-Chunk child. They are both dressed in c...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Ho-Chunk woman standing, Josephine Pettibone, Decorah, Davis.
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Portrait of Clara St. Cyr and Lucy Davis

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two smiling Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) women identified as Clara St. Cyr, a Nebraska Winnebago, lef...
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Mable Lowe Weaving Baskets

Date: 1969
Description: A Ho-Chunk woman, Mable Davis (maiden name) Lowe is sitting and weaving a basket. Behind her is a dwelling (chipoteke). Several finished woven baskets are ...
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Mable Lowe Weaving a Basket

Date: 1967
Description: Over the shoulder view from behind of Mable Davis (maiden name) Lowe as she is weaving a basket outdoors. Martin Lowe is sitting nearby on a cushioned benc...
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Studio Portrait of Minnie Pigeon and Emma Blowsnake

Date: 1902
Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women, Minnie Pigeon Whiteotter Blowsnake Davis (AhHooKeShelNWinKah), left, and Emma Blowsnake Battise Good bear Walking Pr...
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Studio Portrait of Lucy White Davis and Jennie Young Thunder

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting and wearing contemporary clothes in front of a painted backdrop. The woman on the left is identified a...
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Studio Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Woman in Regalia

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Henukaw Davis, Rogue. She is wearing several necklaces, earrings, rings, streamer, moccasins. A ribbon work skirt with a pla...
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Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Woman

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk woman, Nancy Davis Funmaker Whitedog (HeNahKahGak), wearing a hat and sitting in front of a painte...
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Studio Portrait of Lavina Davis

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk woman in short hair posed sitting and wearing modern dress in front of a painted backdrop. She is ...
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Studio Portrait of Lucy Davis and Martha St. Cyr

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women, both wearing shawls posing in front of a painted backdrop. The woman on the left is sitting and wearing a polka dot ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Seated Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop on a prop stone wall. They are both wearing several earrings. The...
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Portrait of John Green Grass and Frank Davis

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man posing sitting on the left and a young Ho-Chunk man posing standing on the right in front of a painted backdrop. Th...
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Studio Portrait of Lucy White Woman/Davis and Jennie Young Thunder

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Description: Studio full-length portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing standing with a light-reflecting board visible on the left. Both of the women are wearing a ...
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Portrait of Lucy Lowe Yellow Bank, Lucy White Davis, and Annie Massie/Massey Red Horn

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women sitting in front of another Ho-Chunk woman standing. All of the women are posing in front of a painted backdrop, and ...
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Portrait of Jenny Young Thunder, Dora Green Grass, and Lucy Davis

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Description: Studio portrait, in front of a painted backdrop, of a young Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting wrapped in a tied fringed shawl, between two other young Ho-Chunk...
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Portrait of Clara St. Cyr, Lucy Davis, and Martha St. Cyr

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of another Ho-Chunk woman posing standing with her left arm on the left shoulder of the woman...
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Copy Photograph of Annie Davis and Little Bear Woman

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing on the left with her left hand on the right shoulder of a Ho-Chunk woman posing si...

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