Hand-tinted stereograph, T. W. Ingersoll, 1898, 8.9 x 17.8 cm.

Native American Indian man and woman seated on floor in doorway of reed dwelling dressed in colorful traditional clothing.  Woman holding baby in cradleboard.  Animal skin hanging from wall, and snowshoe on ground.  Two more people standing in background inside dwelling. 

On front: “449.  Chief Black Hawk, Squaw Papoose.  Copyrighted, 1898, by T. W. Ingersoll.” 

On back: “There are several features connected with this picture which are worth particular noting:  First, the woven rushes which are used in covering the lodge or wickiup, which is the summer dwelling for Black Hawk and his family.  Then the characteristic manner of stringing the snow shoe shown at the left will immediately tell a student of Indian craft that it was of Black Foot manufacture.  Again, the carrying board in which the papoose is lying is of characteristic shape.  The frame which extends above the head is intended for a netting which, during the hot summer weather when flies and mosquitoes are bad, is placed over the child and away from it in this manner.  Extending down from the bow will be noted some strings of bead work, with which the little one may amuse itself when it gets old enough to use its hands.  Black Hawk is one of the few Indians with a beard and prides himself upon this facial adornment.  In the background are seen his father and mother, who occupy the same lodge, as do four other children and numerous dogs.  The pelt above the chief’s head is that of a wild cat.  A8835”