Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 17

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Rinehart, Frank A. Chief Grant Richards, Tonkawa. Platinum print, 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches, spot-mounted on original black paper; minimal wear, mount slightly faded; captioned, numbered 1057, and signed in the negative. Omaha, NE, 1898

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The Tonkawa of Oklahoma and Texas are rumored to have practiced ritual cannibalism. They fought alongside the Texan revolutionaries and sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War.