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Full length portrait of a seated man holding a ceremonial wooden pipe

An oval shaped sepia toned photograph shows a man seated on a wooden chair in a carpeted room. He sits facing us, with his head turned slightly to the right. He has straight dark hair, parted in the middle and hanging down past his shoulders. He wears a heavy overcoat with two rows of buttons, over light colored pants and moccasins. His right leg is crossed over his left knee, and his hands are folded in his lap, holding a long wooden pipe.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.2948
People
Negative by McClees Gallery, American (19th century)
Print 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: Untitled (Sioux Chief)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1880s
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/156436

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 19 x 13.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.)
mount: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto of mount, b.r. corner, in black ink: W[illegible] Sioux Chief
    See File 155
  • label: recto, pre-printed mount, below lower edge of image: "Addis Gallery" 309 Penna. Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.2948
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/04/2020 - 11/08/2021

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