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Pair of Vintage Native American Chief Prints

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 USD
Pair of Vintage Native American Chief Prints
Pair of Vintage Native American Chief Prints, both are framed and under glass, visual measures 14.5'' x 12.5'', includes 1. Not-Chi-Mi-Ne an Ioway Chief and 2. Wa-Pel-La Chief of the Musquakees, both are prints from ''The McKenney & Hall prints of Native Americans, from their History of the Indian Tribes of North America (1837-1844), document an important part of American history, illustrating the great leaders of the Indian nations which have disappeared since the mid-nineteenth century. Thomas McKenney, head of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs for many years, was a champion of the Indian and fought throughout his tenure to preserve something of their culture, so integral a part of the history of the United States.''