Sold for $603

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Lot Description

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. 4 CDVs, incl. Sioux and Cheyenne subjects.

CDV of "Dolly," Sioux woman wearing dentalium shell choker necklace and earrings (toning, surface loss near top edge of print, soiling to print and mount). Dolly may be the daughter of Chief Goose, the Sihasapa Lakota who scouted for Custer, or possibly a woman called Left Had, a Hunkpapa. [Orlando Scott Goff, 1881.] -- CDV of Southern Cheyenne Bull Thigh and his family with unidentified white male subject, possibly an interpreter [Cosand and Mosser, ca 1880]. Indiscernible signature on verso (toning, some fading to print, some soiling to verso). -- CDV of unidentified young man, either Southern Cheyenne or Southern Arapaho, holding a wood flute (toning, some soiling to verso). [Cosand and Mosser, ca 1880s]. -- CDV of unidentified man standing in citizen dress and holding a hat, possibly Brule Lakota. Photographer unknown, but backdrop is one used by John Alvin Anderson indicating he may be the photographer (toning, light spotting to verso).

Together, 4 CDVs.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition Report

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