Gui-K'ate (Sleeping Wolf or Wolf Lying Down) and wife (Kiowa)

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Date

1872
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 1/2 x 6 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. in image: SLEEPING WOLF & SQUAW. KIOWA.3.
l.l. in image: 407
Mount Recto:
u.c. in graphite: Sleeping Wolf (Kiowa)
Mount Verso:
u.c. printed on paper label: 407. SLEEPING WOLF.
u.c. to l.c. in graphite: 412- Neg.No. \ 1387 \ Kiowa [marked through] \ Sleeping Wolf.-\ Am-Kati="Wolf Lying down," \ commonly known to the whites as "Sleeping Wolf". \ Record chief of the Kiowa tribe and \ government leader in the outbreak of \ 1874-5. Shot and killed in quarrel with one of his \ own tribe 1877 [underlined]. Photo while delegate in \ Washington 1872. The name is hereditary \ in the tribe & has been borne by at least \ five successive individuals, the first of \ whom negotiated the original [crossed out] permanent \ peace between the Kiowa Comanches about \ 1790. \ JM [underlined]
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.2870
Copyright

Public domain

Speaking with Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography

October 30, 2022–January 22, 2023

Speaking with Light, organized by the Carter, is one of the first major museum surveys to explore how Indigenous artists have leveraged their lenses to reclaim representation and affirm their existence, perspectives, and trauma. The exhibition features more than 30 artists, 75 photographs, videos, three-dimensional works, and digital activations that forge an investigation into identity, resistance, and belonging.

Location: Off view

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