Tapuche, Utah

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Title Tapuche, Utah
Subject Ute Indians--History; Indians of North America; Photography; Ute Indians--Clothing and dress; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Capote; Native Americans
Publisher Digitized by the Denver Public Library
File Name a35.jpg
Tribe Ute
Collection Name WHJ-10334
Language eng
Description Studio portrait (standing) of Tapuche a young Native American (Capote Ute) chief, son of the Ute chief Sobita. Tapuche was a delegate of his tribe at the treaty of 1873 in Washington, D.C. His hair is in braids, he wears a multi-strand choker with contrast color station beads, and has a cravat (tie) knotted around his neck. His buckskin shirt is heavily beaded with chevron designs and has fringe at the shoulders, elbows, and cuffs. He holds a woven banded patterned blanket to himself. His dark leggings have bead patterns in panels on the legs and wide beaded cuffs. His moccasins are plain deerskin. A brocade drapery is in the background.
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library
ARK ark:/87278/s6t46q7f
Holding Institution Denver Public Library Digital Collections
Creator Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Date 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875
Spatial Coverage Utah
Setname uaida_main
ID 388068
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t46q7f
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