Ta Reke or Ta-Ra-Kee or Tar-A-Ku, Deer Thigh or Deer Ham [sitting]

A. Zeno Shindler (1823-1899)

Date

1869
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

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

Recto:
l.c. in image: IOWA.3.
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 391, 395. TAH-RA-KEE. Deer Ham. \ Was fourth chief of the tribe until October, 1876, \ when he was deposed for persistent interference with \ the business of the agency. He had been suspended \ before, but was reinstated by another agent. Age, 50 \ years; height, 5.8 1/2; head, 22; chest, 41 1/2; weight, 179.
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: Ta re-ke, Deer Thigh. Ham, [underlined] is nin-che. \ Deer thigh
c. in graphite: 764. \ Neg No. 3900
l.l. to l.c. in graphite: Bur of Am Eth photo 5/29/46 rec'd.
l.r. [stamp] [along right edge]: AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ARTS
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3014
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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