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Lot 278
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
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Lot Description
BLISS, William P. (b. ca 1840), photographer. Cabinet card of Essa-Queta or Striker, Chief of the Kiowa Apache. Fort Sill, Indian Territory, ca 1879.
Cabinet photograph on cardstock mount with W.P. Bliss's Fort Sill, Indian Territory imprint on verso and faint penciled notation. A studio portrait of Kiowa Apache Chief Essa-Queta, or Striker, also known as Ta-Ho, wearing an Army musician's hat, jackets with shoulder boards, and a large silver cross. He holds a tomahawk with heart cut-out in blade.
Provenance: The Estate Collection of E.F. Mueller; Heritage, 11 December 2021, Lot 38736.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Cincinnati.