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[Chief Iron Tail, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]
Summary
Chief Iron Tail, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing breastplate.
LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964).
Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier's granddaughter ; 1964.
Title from mount of corresponding print in LOT 10136.
These portraits are valuable records that document Native American dress and customs at the end of the nineteenth century during an active period of Indian removal and hostilities against Native Americans.Library of Congress holds one of the most important collections of Native American photographic portraits.
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Date
01/01/1900
Contributors
Käsebier, Gertrude, 1852-1934, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
