Group of Uintah Ute Indians, White Rocks - Summer 1909

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Title Group of Uintah Ute Indians, White Rocks - Summer 1909
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Clothing and dress; Ute Indians--History; Indians; Ute Indians--Photographs; Men--Photographs; Women--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Native Americans
Publisher Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
File Name P0171n01_13_84.tif
Tribe Ute
Collection Name Edward Sapir
Description American Indians pose in an open field; an old woman (far left) sits with her head covered with a kerchief , wraps herself in a dark-toned blanket with tangled tassles and wears a checkered garment beneath the blanket; female child (left)wears her hair down, over the shoulders of a dark top with light-toned teardrop-shaped embellishmentsmid-toned, floral print blanket wrapped around her waist, partially obscured by woman in foreground; man standing (center) wears detailed headdress, spotted bandana, traditional hand-crafted chest armor, white, long-sleeved shirt with dotted print and an Ameircan flag, flying atop a flagpole, stitched into both shoulders; wears an ornately woven blanket around his waist and holds a lever-action rifle in his hands; a dog can be seen almost entirely obscured, sitting in the grass behind him; woman standing (right) wears her hair down; light-toned, beaded bib, dark dress with striped sleeves and lower hem; wrapped in mid-toned blanket theat features an ornate pattern and tassles; a coil of rope is visible in the ground behind her; small, canvas-covered wagon is also visible in the background (right); horses grazing in the extreme background (upper left third), (center right); hide drying rack at right margin; upper left corners and lower right corners torn away; picture shows some finger-print damage.
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
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Conversion Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 400 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF
ARK ark:/87278/s6nk6b31
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Creator Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939
Date 1909
Spatial Coverage White Rocks (Utah); Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah)
Setname uaida_main
ID 387450
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nk6b31
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