Lot 365
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CHASE, D.B., photographer. CDV of Ute Chief Ouray. Erie Photo Co., ca 1870s.
Estimate
$300 - $400

Sold for $344

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CHASE, D.B., photographer. CDV of Ute Chief Ouray. Erie Photo Co., ca 1870s.

2 1/4 x 3 11/16 in. CDV on cardstock mount (Light toning, minor soiling and wear to mount edges and corners). Chase's imprint on mount recto. Chief Ouray sits in an upholstered chair, positioned diagonally to the camera. 

Chief Ouray was a leader within the Ute tribe, specifically over the Uncompahgre band of Utes, then located in western Colorado. In his youth, Ouray worked for Mexican sheepherders, and went on to fight the Kiowa and the Sioux before taking over his father's position as chief in 1860. Ouray was not only recognized as a leader by his own people, but by the United States government, as he met Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and Ulysses S. Grant as a representative of his people.

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