Councilor James Johnson
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Title
Councilor James Johnson
Subject
Rappahannock
Description
Rappahannock councilor James Johnson, visiting a Nanticoke powwow in Delaware in 1925, sits on a boulder covered by a trade blanket. He wears a feather headdress, fringed shirt, and edged leggings.
The photographer Frederick "Fred" Johnson (1904–1994), of Massachusetts, was a student of the famed anthropologist Frank G. Speck at the University of Pennsylvania. As an anthropologist, archaeologist, linguist, and photographer, he studied American Indians in the eastern United States and Canada.
Creator
Frederick Johnson
Source
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Date
1925
Rights
Information provided with the permission of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Coverage
twentieth century
Delaware
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
7" x 5"
Files
Citation
Frederick Johnson, “Councilor James Johnson,” Virginia Indian Archive, accessed March 20, 2023, https://virginiaindianarchive.org/items/show/230.