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Lot 113

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of two photographic portraits o...

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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of two photographic portraits of Native Americans. Including: Portrait of ?Low Dog? (1846-1894). Cabinet portrait mounted onto card stock (164 x 107 mm). Lower left corner chipped, photo toned and creased, with some wear and soiling, 5 small pin holes visible at margins. Captioned ?Blood Knife? in pencil at bottom. Matted, framed and glazed. Frame size: 338 x 268 mm. Not examined out of frame. Low Dog was an Oglala Lakota chief who was with Sitting Bull at Little Bighorn; he did not feel that Sitting Bull was a brave warrior. [Together with:] Photograph of a Native American holding a rifle, in an encampment. On photography paper (154 x 103 mm). Matted, framed and glazed. Not examined out of frame.