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Henry Hamilton Bennett — Playing Wah-koo-chad-ah (Mocasin) a favorite game, No. 484 from the series "Among the Winnebago Indians"

Henry Hamilton Bennett

Playing Wah-koo-chad-ah (Mocasin) a favorite game, No. 484 from the series "Among the Winnebago Indians"

1870

Bennett's stereoscopic documentation extends to Native American recreational activities, providing rare visual evidence of traditional games while representing the complex legacy of ethnographic photography in the post-Civil War era.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Henry Hamilton Bennett, Playing Wah-koo-chad-ah (Mocasin) a favorite game, No. 484 from the series "Among the Winnebago Indians", 1870

Bennett's stereoscopic documentation extends to Native American recreational activities, providing rare visual evidence of traditional games while representing the complex legacy of ethnographic photography in the post-Civil War era.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1870
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Indigenous Culture, Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Historical, Portrait, Ethnographic, Sepia Tones

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