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Lot 223
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$188
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Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CDV of Native American identified as Osage Chief John Red Corn with treaty tomahawk. N.p.: n.p., 1889.
2 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. CDV on cardstock mount (toning throughout, with some surface soiling, minor spotting, and slight wear to edges and corners of mount). Ink inscription on verso identifies subject and dates photograph: "John Red Corn / Osage Chief / Treaty Tomahawk / 1889."
The image features a seated portrait of a Native American man wearing western-style clothing including a hat and jacket, holding a tomahawk in his lap