This photograph came from the Library of Congress, but it’s originally from the National Museum of the American Indian, which describes the picture as a “portrait of a young man wearing headband, earrings, and a necklace.”
The photo was taken by Carl Moon around 1906. What an intense looking person he is!
Photograph by Carl Moon,1905-1907
Conflicting info exists about who the subject is, despite the handwritten label “Navajo Boy” on the picture. There are three possibilities:
- He’s Diné (Navajo) and his name is “Bi-yazh” (per the Huntington Library)
- He’s Diné (Navajo) and his name is “Sohachee” (source?)
- He’s from the Lipan Apache tribe of Texas, wearing Navajo dress, and his name is Esikio Tobar (1893-1950) (per the Getty Museum)
Whoever he is, he is a striking young man.
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Indeed he was! Very piercing eyes!
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Differing information from the Getty and the Huntington. Interesting. Maybe he had an alias. He has a nice face. I just wonder why an Apache would wear Navajo dress. That doesn’t seem possible. Then, who knows?
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That is a very good point. I think that would be a faux pas.,,
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