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Lot 103
Sale 6485 - Native American Art
Apr 10, 2026
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Lot Description
Alexander Gardner
7 1/2 x 5 in. albumen photograph on 11 x 7 in. mount. Marked in the negative, "290." Unmarked but taken by Alexander Gardner, 20 September 1872.
Red Lodge, also known as Pi-pi-sha, was a member of the Yanktonai Dakota delegation to Washington, DC, who visited the Capitol between September 15 and the 20th. Although they negotiated with the government, no treaty was signed. The number, 290 in the neg. is William Henry Jackson's entry number in his 1874 and 1877 Catalogue of photographs in the US Geological Survey.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
(1821-1882)
Red Lodge, Cut Head, Dakota, 1872
albumen photograph
7 1/2 x 5 in. albumen photograph on 11 x 7 in. mount. Marked in the negative, "290." Unmarked but taken by Alexander Gardner, 20 September 1872.
Red Lodge, also known as Pi-pi-sha, was a member of the Yanktonai Dakota delegation to Washington, DC, who visited the Capitol between September 15 and the 20th. Although they negotiated with the government, no treaty was signed. The number, 290 in the neg. is William Henry Jackson's entry number in his 1874 and 1877 Catalogue of photographs in the US Geological Survey.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography