Portrait (front) of Sunka or Shun-Ga-Te-Ga or Shunk-To-Git-Cha (Wolf), called Phillip F. Wells, Interpreter (Mixed Blood)

William Dinwiddie (1867-1934)

Date

1896
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Silver-platinum print
Dimensions

Image: 7 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.
Mount: 11 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Mount Recto:
u.l. imprinted in mount: BUREUA OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY
l.r. imprinted in mount: WILLIAM DINWIDDIE - \ ETHNO PHOTOGRAPHER
Mount Verso:
u.c. in ink: Siouan Family \ Ogallala Sioiux tribe \ Phillip F. Wells - Sungi (Fox.) \ 1/4 blood - Age 44 years. \ Mother: 1/2 Sioux 1/2 Scotch. \ Jane Graham. \ Father: James Wells, an American \ from Rich Co. Minn. early \ frontiers-man - known as a \ trader and noted for his \ bravery and valor. \ Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.
l.c. in graphite: (Sunka = Wolf) Neg. No. 3251
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.2122
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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