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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.2949
People
Negative by McClees Gallery, American (19th century)
Print possibly by Addis Gallery, American (active 2nd half of the 19th century)
Title
Upi-t-ya-hde-a, Tail-Feather Joined. A Wa-pe-ton Sioux [Lakota] Chief. Dakota.
Other Titles
Former Title: Tail-Feather Joined: A Chief of the Wahpeton Sioux
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1858 (negative); c. 1870 (print)
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/156400

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.9 x 12.7 cm (7 7/16 x 5 in.)
mount: 22.5 x 13.5 cm (8 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto of mount, lower edge, in black ink: U-pi' I-ya'-hde-a (Tail-Feather joined)
    A Chief of the Wahpeton Sioux

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.2949
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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