[NATIVE AMERICANS]. 2 stereoviews of Chippewa Indians by CASWELL, WHITNEY and ZIMMERMAN.

Group of Chippewa Indians. Duluth, MN: Wm. Caswell & Co., ca 1870-1880. Stereoview on cardstock mount. Verso with Wm. Caswell's "Lake Superior Scenery - North Shore" imprint and title. Studio group portrait of six unidentified Ojibwa Indian men posing before illustrated backdrop wearing mixtures of western and traditional clothing including blankets, otter fur hair wraps and hair feathers. One man holds a butcher knife while another holds hatchet. Note the sleeping dog in the foreground. -- To Keep the Net up. Chippewa Chief. St. Paul, MN: Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d. Stereoview on cardstock mount. Verso with Whitney and Zimmerman's imprint and title. Studio portrait of "To Keep the Net up" (also known as O-kun-de-kun), seated with butcher knife in hand, wearing a wool blanket, skunk skin armband, sash worn over shoulder, and hair ornaments. -- Together, 2 stereoviews.

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Stereoviews in very good condition. Both prints display rich tonality. Light soiling and corner/edge wear to mounts.

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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. 2 stereoviews of Chippewa Indians by CASWELL, WHITNEY and ZIMMERMAN.

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