Object Details
Creator
Nicholas Brown & Son
Wolfenstein, V (Valentin), 1844-1909
Scope and Contents
Copy of an albumen print, 5 ⅛ × 3 ⅝ in. now in the collections of the Saint Louis Art Museum. City Art Museum Number 5426:46. The subject above is written in on the print red ink on the reverse.
sova.naa.photolot.176_ref9685
Local Numbers
OPPS NEG.55766
Local Note
Source print Navaho 4689 (negative 2442) is on an N. Brown & Son carte. The other two photographs in that series (negatives 2413-A & -B) appear to have also been taken by Brown & Son. Comparison of props, style and general appearance suggests that negatives 55,766-55,771 were also taken by Brown. N. Brown & Son was a prominent studio opened in Santa Fe between 1866 and 1868 and last recorded in 1872.--pjf 1/78
Blackmore collection version is retouched or painted version. Image has initials, "E.H.M." Mount has notation, "Barboncite Chief of Navajoes by Mr Shepard". Shepard could be artist or photographer. In addition, Blackmore version is on a Gardner mount. --pjf 12/77
Blackmore Collection #: A17/1481
Black and white copy negative
Topic
Navaho
Creator
Nicholas Brown & Son
Wolfenstein, V (Valentin), 1844-1909
Culture
Diné (Navajo)
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
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Biographical / Historical
Most likely taken around the time of the Navajo Treaty signing in 1868 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Cf. BAE negative 2441, "Barban Cito or Little Beard," Jackson Catalog Number 786, (possibly by Shindler 1869, but not in Shindler Catalog, published 1867). [But there are some photos later than 1869 in that Catalog-P.F.] Seems not to resemble this man--at least no mustache. Correct spelling of name is presumably from "Barboncito," from barbon, 'full-bearded man.'
"The" Barboncito died in 1870, according to J. Lee Correll (Head of Field Research, Navaho Land Claims, Window Rock, Arizona.) who visited here 6/10/66. Therefore Negative 2441 (a young man) could not possibly be he, but could be his son.
Extent
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Date
ca. 1868
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogate produced from reference copy print
Bibliography
This photograph is reproduced in The American Heritage Book of Indians, A. Josephy, ed. [New York], 1961, page 383, with caption: "Navaho Chief Barboncito was noted for his mustache and friendship to whites" and credit line: "City Art Museum, St Louis, photograph by Charles Wimar."
Genre/Form
Photographs
NAA.PhotoLot.176_ref9685
Large EAD
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NAA.PhotoLot.176
NAA
Record ID
ebl-1628267668517-1628267670985-6