JACKSON, William Henry (1843-1942), photographer. Three photographs of Bannock and Pawnee dwellings from the Hayden Expedition. Ca 1870s.

2 albumen photographs, both 8 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. on original 14 x 11 in. Hayden Survey mounts with credit to W. H. Jackson. The first bears pencil inscription directly below image reading, "BANNOCKS," and features a large, partly covered tipi and a smaller fully covered tipi with a few female subjects seated among the strewn materials and supplies scattered on the ground. A couple of dogs also appear to the viewer's right.

The second, numbered in the negative "324," bears pencil inscription on the image itself, reading "PAWNEE EARTH LODGES" and another to lower margin reading "Oklahoma." Centrally featured is a square tunnel-like opening to an earthen lodge built into a mound, with long poles leaning toward the entry structure on either side and meeting above the roof. A family group including two adults and several children stand just outside of the entry. Other subjects can be seen sitting atop earthen mounds in the background into which other such structures are built.

7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. albumen photograph on 11 x 10 3/8 in. mount lacking photographer's credit or imprint but known to have been taken by him. Numbered "523" in the negative and with inked inscription to mount recto reading "In Pawnee Village, Nebraska. 1876. Frame of Sticks, Covering of Earth." Featured are the same or similar earthen lodges built into mounds with tunnel-like openings, viewed from a different angle. The camera captures the backs of dozens of Pawnee subjects seated and standing among the mounds and structures. Another example of this image curated by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art titles it "Pawnee Village" and credits the capture to William Henry Jackson.

Together, 3 images, providing an up-close study of Bannock and Pawnee dwellings.

The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

This lot is located in Cincinnati.