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Lot 87

Sale 6485 - Native American Art
Apr 10, 2026 9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$3,000 - 4,000

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Antonio Zeno Shindler
(Bulgarian, 1823-1899)
Identified Dakota Leaders, Washington, DC, ca 1867-1868
albumen photographs

six albumen photographs, each approx. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in., on original 10 x 8 in. cardstock mount with imprint of Addis Gallery, Washington, DC in lower margin. Manuscript notations in different hands on mount recto and verso. Originally taken by Antonio Zeno Shindler, ca 1867-1868, and printed ca 1867-1869 when Shindler was the proprietor and photographer at the Addis gallery.

Subjects include: Hu-sha-sha, "Red Legs" (Fleming, entry 36). -- Wa-Ka-Na, "The Sacred" (Fleming, entry 46). -- A-ki-ci-tan-na-jin, "Standing Soldier" (Fleming, entry 44). -- Wa-pa-sha, "Red Ensign" (Fleming, entry 33). -- Cho-tan-ka-si-di-na-pe, "The Flute Player" (Fleming, entry 34). -- Wa-ka-te, "The Shooter" (Fleming, entry 35).

(See Native American Photography at the Smithsonian: The Shindler Catalogue, Paula Richardson Fleming, 2003)

The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

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