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Lot 302
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. [GILL, De Lancey, photog.]. Nez Perce interpreter Silas Andrew Whitman.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$300 - 400
Price Realized
$315
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Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. [GILL, De Lancey, photog.]. Nez Perce interpreter Silas Andrew Whitman.

Ca early 1900s. 5 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. silver gelatin photograph mounted to cardstock with mat (print shows very good tonality, residue on mount recto and margins of print, corner and edge wear to mount incl. loss to top right corner). Mount verso stamped "Bureau of American Ethnology."

An intimate portrait of Silas Andrew Whitman seated, wearing his hair in fur-wrapped braids, several necklaces, and a vest decorated with flowers.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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