Bonito - White Mountain Apache Chief. / Wittick Photg

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Title: Bonito - White Mountain Apache Chief. / Wittick Photg
Creator: Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903, photographer.
Published/Created: [Place of publication not identified] : Wittick, [between 1884 and 1890?]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 13.5 x 22 cm (boudoir cabinet card format)
Notes: Full length studio portrait of Bonito standing before backdrop and desert vegetation dressed in mixture of western and traditional clothing and carrying shotgun, revolver, and two cartridge belts.; Image used as part of exhibit curated by Charles F. Fish during the Second International Congress of Eugenics in New York City in 1921.; Label applied to verso: The Second International Congress of Eugenics Exhibit of Scientific Studies at the American Museum of Natural History Seventy-Seventh Street and Central Park West, New York City September 22 to October 22, 1921; Exhibit No.; Booth; Exhibit; Exhibited by - C.F. Fish; Address - So. Swansea; Disposition - Return Mass.; Title derived from image caption.; Bonito's tribal affiliations are uncertain. He was either originally a member of the White Mountain Apache who married into the Bedonkohe Band of Central Apache Indians or vice versa.; "Chiricahua Indians" variant names: Hen-de, Nde, Tsokanende.; "White Mountain Apache Indians" variant names: Dzil Ligai Si'án N'dee, Sierra Blanca Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Apache Indians.; Athapascan Indians.; Bonito--(Apache chief)--Portraits.; Chiricahua Indians.; Eugenics.; Indians of North America--Southwest, New.; White Mountain Apache Indians.; Bullets--1880-1890.; Handguns--1880-1890.; Indigenous peoples--Arizona Territory--1880-1890.; Rifles--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1880-1890.; Apache.; Athabascan.; Chiricahua Apache.; Indigenous peoples--Southwest, New.; White Mountain Apache.; Fish, Charles Frederick,--1855-1940,--former owner.
Genre: Albumen prints 1880-1890.; Boudoir card photographs 1880-1890.; Portrait photographs 1880-1890.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 694
Barcode: B10933749
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt BOU Wit.003
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 4110 x 5771
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 694
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-694/bou171_001

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Full citation: "Bonito - White Mountain Apache Chief. / Wittick Photg". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-694/bou171_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 28, 2025.