Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 61

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) [Whitney, Joel Emmons.] Cabinet card portrait of Paha-Uza-Tanka. Albumen print, 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches, on publisher's mount with caption "Dakotah or Sioux Indians"; mount is double-stamped, otherwise no substantial flaws. St. Paul, MN: C.A. Zimmerman, later 19th century print of circa 1863 image
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This photograph was originally released as "Paha Uza-Tanka, the Great Scalp Taker (Sioux)" by Whitney circa 1863. Charles Alfred Zimmerman (1844-1909) was employed by Whitney in his St. Paul studio and bought him out in 1871.