DescriptionTheodora Octavia Dennis Cook, Pamunkey, ca. 1864-ca. 1935.jpg
Photographer: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck), Non-Indian, 1881-1951
Subject: Theodora Octavia Dennis Cook (Theodora Octavia Dennis/Wife of Chief George Major Cook), Pamunkey, ca. 1864-ca. 1935
Donor: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck), Non-Indian, 1881-1951
Date Created: 1919
Catalog Number: N12731
Format: Acetate negative
Dimensions: 5 x 7 in.
Collection History: Frank G. Speck documented Native life through fieldwork, collecting, and photography; this photograph probably accompanied objects acquired by MAI in the 1920s
Description: Outdoor seated portrait of the woman Theodora Octavia Dennis Cook, wife of Chief George Major Cook, wearing a woven feather neck ornament of wild turkey feathers, wild goose, and shelldrake or shellduck, made by Margaret Adams (who may be pictured in N12588) circa 1910-1920, NMAI catalog number 105721.000. She wears a long dark dress, and white blouse, with a beaded headband hanging from her arm.
Place: Pamunkey Reservation; King William County; Virginia; USA
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