Chief Otho Nelson
Dublin Core
Title
Chief Otho Nelson
Subject
Indian Neck, Rappahannock
Description
Rappahannock chief Otho S. Nelson (1883–1967) shoots a wooden crossbow in a snowy yard with a clapboard house in this photograph by Frank G. Speck dated January 1942.
Speck (1881–1950) was a native of New York and a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he specialized in Algonquian and Iroquoian tribes in the eastern United States and Canada.
Creator
Frank G. Speck
Source
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Date
January 1942
Rights
Information provided with the permission of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Coverage
twentieth century
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Albumen print
Physical Dimensions
3.5" x 2.5"
Files
Citation
Frank G. Speck, “Chief Otho Nelson,” Virginia Indian Archive, accessed June 2, 2023, https://virginiaindianarchive.org/items/show/231.