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Lot 124
Sale 6485 - Native American Art
Apr 10, 2026
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Lot Description
David F. Barry
four cabinet photographs on cardstock mounts, each printed ca 1880s-1890s. The subjects, which are identified on applied paper labels or period script, include:
"Bull Head," Hunkpapa Sioux. Mount recto and verso with Barry's West Superior, Wisconsin imprint. On 15 December 1890, Bull Head was one of the Standing Rock Indian police who arrested Sitting Bull on behalf of the US Government. In the melee that ensued, the chief was shot by Bull Head and Red Tomahawk.
"Yellow Hawk," Oglala Dakota. Mount recto and verso with Barry's Bismarck, North Dakota imprint. Verso with pasted label from the "Second International Congress of Eugenics Exhibit of Scientific Studies," held at the American Museum of Natural History in the fall of 1921, with an ownership record of C.F. Fish of South Swansea, Massachusetts. Provenance: Cowan's Auctions, Winter American History, 8 December 2009, Lot 245 (partial).
"Circling Bear," Oglala Sioux, also known as "Brave Bear" or Conquering Bear." Mount recto and verso with Barry's Bismarck, Dakota imprint. Verso with pasted label from the "Second International Congress of Eugenics Exhibit of Scientific Studies," held at the American Museum of Natural History in the fall of 1921, with an ownership record of C.F. Fish of South Swansea, Massachusetts. Provenance: Cowan's Auctions, Winter American History, 8 December 2009, Lot 244.
"Two Feather," Dakota. Mount verso with Barry's Bismarck, D.T. imprint.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
(1854-1934)
Portraits of Sioux, including Bull Head and Circling Bear
cabinet cards
four cabinet photographs on cardstock mounts, each printed ca 1880s-1890s. The subjects, which are identified on applied paper labels or period script, include:
"Bull Head," Hunkpapa Sioux. Mount recto and verso with Barry's West Superior, Wisconsin imprint. On 15 December 1890, Bull Head was one of the Standing Rock Indian police who arrested Sitting Bull on behalf of the US Government. In the melee that ensued, the chief was shot by Bull Head and Red Tomahawk.
"Yellow Hawk," Oglala Dakota. Mount recto and verso with Barry's Bismarck, North Dakota imprint. Verso with pasted label from the "Second International Congress of Eugenics Exhibit of Scientific Studies," held at the American Museum of Natural History in the fall of 1921, with an ownership record of C.F. Fish of South Swansea, Massachusetts. Provenance: Cowan's Auctions, Winter American History, 8 December 2009, Lot 245 (partial).
"Circling Bear," Oglala Sioux, also known as "Brave Bear" or Conquering Bear." Mount recto and verso with Barry's Bismarck, Dakota imprint. Verso with pasted label from the "Second International Congress of Eugenics Exhibit of Scientific Studies," held at the American Museum of Natural History in the fall of 1921, with an ownership record of C.F. Fish of South Swansea, Massachusetts. Provenance: Cowan's Auctions, Winter American History, 8 December 2009, Lot 244.
"Two Feather," Dakota. Mount verso with Barry's Bismarck, D.T. imprint.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography