Studio portrait depicting Diné (Navajo) Chief Barboncito (also known as Hashké Yich'I' Dahilwo; seated, holding rifle), Chief Manuelito (on left holding bow and arrow), and Chief Cayetanito, Manuelito's brother (on right holding bow and arrows). A boy is also visible behind Chief Barboncito's shoulder. This photograph was most likely shot by photographer Valentin Wolfenstein around the time of the Navajo Treaty signing in 1868 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); General William Nicholson Grier collection of photographs, Photograph Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.