United States, New Mexico
Circa 1900
Photograph
Height 17 × Width 21" (43.2 × 53.3 cm) including frame
Provenance: Steve Nelson, Redondo Beach, California
This photograph depicts the Ballut Abyad Temple Indian Patrol of New Mexico, with members identified in the image in staged dress connected to fraternal performance culture rather than to a specific Native American community. The Ballut Abyad Temple was an Albuquerque-based Shrine organization whose patrol adopted Native-inspired regalia and ceremony as part of fraternal pageantry at the turn of the twentieth century. The handwritten identifications across the image add historical and documentary interest to the record.
The value of this photograph lies in its named participants, period presentation, and documentation of how Native-inspired imagery was used by non-Native organizations around the turn of the twentieth century. The image should be understood as a historical New Mexico fraternal photograph rather than a record of Native American ceremonial or tribal life. The print is in collector condition with Steve Nelson provenance, Redondo Beach, California.
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United States, New Mexico
Circa 1900
Photograph
Height 17 × Width 21" (43.2 × 53.3 cm) including frame
Provenance: Steve Nelson, Redondo Beach, California
This photograph depicts the Ballut Abyad Temple Indian Patrol of New Mexico, with members identified in the image in staged dress connected to fraternal performance culture rather than to a specific Native American community. The Ballut Abyad Temple was an Albuquerque-based Shrine organization whose patrol adopted Native-inspired regalia and ceremony as part of fraternal pageantry at the turn of the twentieth century. The handwritten identifications across the image add historical and documentary interest to the record.
The value of this photograph lies in its named participants, period presentation, and documentation of how Native-inspired imagery was used by non-Native organizations around the turn of the twentieth century. The image should be understood as a historical New Mexico fraternal photograph rather than a record of Native American ceremonial or tribal life. The print is in collector condition with Steve Nelson provenance, Redondo Beach, California.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
