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TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF NATIVE AMERICANSAmerican,

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF NATIVE AMERICANSAmerican,
<B>OKLAHOMA CHIEFS<BR></B></I><BR>c. 1890<BR> (1) Feathered Lance (<I>Ah-peah-tone</B></I>), Kiowa. Albumen cabinet card on mount with indented borders, photographer unknown. Pencil inscription: “Ah-pe-a-tone, Kiowa,” below image. Feathered Lance was the leading chief of the Kiowas during the 1890s, and Judge of the tribal court. He and the Comanche Head Chief Quanah Parker often agreed on policy, and often collaborated in their dealings with the Indian Department. He wears a finely-tanned deerskin shirt with voluminous fringes, and carries a Lakota pipe and beaded tobacco bag. His long braids are richly wrapped with strips of otter fur. Born in 1856, Feathered Lance survived until 1931.<BR><BR>(2) Unidentified Southern Arapaho Man, c. 1885. Silver gelatin print on cabinet card mount, with blind stamp below image of E.B. Snell, Wellington, Kansas.<BR><I><BR>Dimensions: 4 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches each<BR></B></I><BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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