Tintype studio portraits of Mohawk men and women from the Tyendinaga Indian Reserve, Ontario

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Title: Tintype studio portraits of Mohawk men and women from the Tyendinaga Indian Reserve, Ontario
Published / Created: ca. 1880.
Abstract: Two tintype studio portraits of Mohawk men and women from the Tyendinaga Indian Reserve, Ontario, ca. 1880. The individuals in both images wear western clothing from the period. One tintype depicts a man with a moustache posed sitting on the left side of the image and a woman posed standing on the right of the image. The other tintype depicts a man posed sitting in the center of the image and flanked by a man and woman posed standing on either side and behind him; they also all wear hats
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Provenance: Purchased from Sindell and Company on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2001.
Extent: 2 tintypes : 9.1 x 6.3 cm. and smaller.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Portraits
Studio portraits
Tintypes (prints)
Material: b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): Tyendinaga Indian Reserve (Ont.)
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America
Mohawk Indians
Subjects: Indians of North America > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Portraits
Mohawk Indians > Pictorial works
Mohawk Indians > Portraits
Tyendinaga Indian Reserve (Ont.)

Access: Public
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Citation: Tintype Studio Portraits of Mohawk Men and Women from the Tyendinaga Indian Reserve, Ontario. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.