Arrival and departure of the head of an Indian family

Genre

Archive

Accession Nr.: F.2018.20.
Type: photograph
Date of production:
1938
Place of production:
Acquisition: bequest of Ervin Baktay
Techniques: gelatin silver
Dimensions: height: 12.5 cm
width: 17.4 cm
Red Deer (Áron Hegymegi Kiss) in a patterned shirt, with a feather decoration on his head, his hand raised in greeting. His wife (Viola O’Egan) and little son: Nyílhegy (Áron Hegymegi Kiss Jr.), in Indian attire, stand in front of the tipi and watch the head of the family. [Definition by Béla Kelényi].