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Lot 109
Sale 6485 - Native American Art
Apr 10, 2026
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Lot Description
Alexander Gardner
lot of 5, includes:
"Walking Shooter" or "Wa-Ku'-Ta-A-Ma'-Ni," Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, numbered in pencil at lower right "267." -- "Bears Nose" or "Ma-To-Pa-Ge," Cut Head Sioux, numbered in pencil at lower right "287." -- "Skin of the Heart," or "Shanta-Ya," Cut Head Sioux, numbered in pencil at lower right "289." -- "Two Bears" or "Ma-To-No-Pah," Lakota Sioux, numbered in pencil at lower left "281." -- "Charge on the Hawk" or "Hawk-Tske-Tan-Vua-Tak-Pah," Brule Sioux, numbered in pencil at lower right "346."
each approx. 6 1/2 x 4 in. or smaller, on later cardstock mounts, each uncredited but originally taken by Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) in Washington, DC, ca 1872
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
(1821-1882)
Photographs of Identified Sioux, including Skin of the Heart and Two Bears, ca 1872
albumen photographs
lot of 5, includes:
"Walking Shooter" or "Wa-Ku'-Ta-A-Ma'-Ni," Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, numbered in pencil at lower right "267." -- "Bears Nose" or "Ma-To-Pa-Ge," Cut Head Sioux, numbered in pencil at lower right "287." -- "Skin of the Heart," or "Shanta-Ya," Cut Head Sioux, numbered in pencil at lower right "289." -- "Two Bears" or "Ma-To-No-Pah," Lakota Sioux, numbered in pencil at lower left "281." -- "Charge on the Hawk" or "Hawk-Tske-Tan-Vua-Tak-Pah," Brule Sioux, numbered in pencil at lower right "346."
each approx. 6 1/2 x 4 in. or smaller, on later cardstock mounts, each uncredited but originally taken by Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) in Washington, DC, ca 1872
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography