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carte-de-visite
(black and white)
Object Type
carte-de-visite
(black and white)
Museum number
Am,A9.203
Title
Object:
William Blackmore Coll. Album 9
Description
Photograph, studio portrait of Curicata, an Uncompahgre Ute Chief; wearing a top hat, striped cloth shirt, decorated sash, striped blanket around his waist, leggings and moccasins; he is holding a rifle. Albumen print; Carte-de-visite
Producer name
Photographed by:
W G Chamberlain
(?)
Production date
1877
(ca)
Production place
Photographed in:
Colorado (state)
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
William Henry Blackmore
Materials
paper
Technique
photographic process
Dimensions
Height:
10.10 centimetres
Width:
6.20 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Camarda 2001 / The Blackmore collection : issues of authenticity in the construction of a fictionalised imagery of the "Wild West" through Native American Indian photographs
Fleming & Luskey 1991 / The North Americans Indians in early photographs
Location
Not on display
Condition
good
Subjects
costume/clothing
headgear/hairstyle
arms/armour
personal-ornament
Associated names
Portrait of:
Curicata
Associated places
Associated with:
Colorado (state)
(?)
Associated ethnic name
Representation of:
Ute
(Uncompahgre)
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
Acquisition date
1932
Acquisition notes
The 'Disposal book of the Salisbury South Wilts and Blackmore Museum No. 1 1928-1952' reports the disposal of a: "Photographs of North American Indians and miscellanea" given to the Department of Ceramics and Ethnography of the British Museum. It is dated 24th February 1932.
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am,A9.203