Photograph of framed portrait of Tomah Joseph
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R80-28
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy print made by Maine State Museum, circa 1979.
name: label: Names
content: Joseph, Tomah, 1837-1914
topic: label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
culture: label: Culture
content: Passamaquoddy
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Tomah Joseph (1837-1914) was a Passamaquoddy artist, governor, and friend of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was famous for his etched birchbark decorative art pieces. Around 1882, he served as tribal governor of Peter Dana Point, Maine.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Copy print
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Richard Michael Gramly of the Maine State Museum as part of an exchange of photographs of Passamaquoddy Indians, 1979.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R80-28
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Original in Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, or Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Center & Museum.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Image of a portrait of Tomah Joseph possibly in Paris.  The frame of the portrait is possibly birchbark, and may have been constructed by Joseph.  It is decorated with animals and inscribed with "Gov Tomah Joseph, Passamaquoddy Tribe."
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of Joseph can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of Passamaquoddy Indians can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 59, Photo Lot R74-49, and the BAE historical negatives.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Artwork and crafts by Joseph can be found in the Museum of the American Indian in catalog numbers 24/3148, 24/4261, 25/1662, and 10/4353.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Center & Museum holds additional photographs of Joseph.