Studio portrait of In Mut Too Yah Lat Lat or Chief Joseph, with signature in upper right hand corner, wearing feather headdress with trailer and beaded headband, multiple shell necklaces, white shirt and black vest, fur-wrapped braids, and watch fob
Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
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Time Period:
1900-1900
Materials:
Techniques:
Dimensions:
12 x 15 in.
Cultures:
American Indians, Native Americans, Nimi'ipuu (Nez Perce), North America, Plateau, Plateau (no sub-culture area)
City:
Washington, DC
State:
District of Columbia
Country:
USA
Collection History:
DeLancey Gill was an illustrator and photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey and, after 1899, the Smithsonian InstitutionÂ’s Bureau of American Ethnology. This photograph was probably taken during Chief Joseph's 1900 visit to Washington, DC. This print formerly in the collection of Sarah S. Walden; donated to MAI at an unknown date.
Source ID:
NMAI_307184
Catalog Number:
P18552
Album Name:
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