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Lot 249
Sale 6425 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
Part I - Lots 1-222
Oct 23, 2025
10:00AM ET
Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882), photographer. Albumen photograph of High Wolf, Tchan-Gm-Ani-Tah-An Ka-Ti-Ah. Washington, DC.
5 1/4 x 4 in. albumen photograph, tipped on ornately scrolled Blackmore Museum mount, 12 x 10 in., ca 1870. The portrait shows High Wolf, or Tchan-gm-ani-tah-an ka-ti-ah, an Oglala Dakota man, wearing a hide warrior shirt decorated with beadwork, a bone breast plate, and a hat. Lower margin of mount with credit to A. Gardner, Washington, DC, and imprint, "Photographed by Trustees of Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England."
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Cincinnati.