(AMERICAN INDIANS) Buffalo Bill and Pawnee and Sioux chiefs

Sale 2163 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 2,280

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Buffalo Bill and Pawnee and Sioux chiefs. Albumen photograph, 11 x 15.5 inches, on original 12 x 16 mount by Anderson's of New York. Mount somewhat brittle and worn at edges, with loss of a small fragment of the upper right corner of the image, creases near lower margin, slight abrasion to image near right center edge. Np, circa 1886

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None of the photograph's faults affect the crisp, attractive images of the subjects. Another copy in carte-de-visite format is at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, which identifies the subjects as (left to right), four Pawnees--Brave Chief, Eagle Chief, Knife Chief, and Young Chief; William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody; and four Sioux--American Horse, Rocky Bear, Flies Above, and Long Wolf.