Photograph, Ute Men at Ignacio

Description

Three American Indian Ute men posing with horses at the Southern Ute Agency in Ignacio, Colorado. Traditional clothing includes fur-wrapped braids, hairpipe breastplate, blankets, and a beaded bag. Another man and a wooden building stand behind them. North American Indian (Ute) men pose on or near horses at the Southern Ute Agency in Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado. The men wear cloth leggings, moccasins, braids (two have fur wrapped braids), a hairpipe breastplate, blankets, and a woven bag. Another man stands near a two story wood frame building with a hip roof in the distance. Handwritten on bottom of photograph: "UTE INDIANS AT IGNACIO / W. J. CARPENTER FORT LEWIS, COL."