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Lot 1111
Sale 961 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Lithograph portrait of Little Horse, Oglala Sioux. After an image by Heyn, [Ca 1899].
Sight 3 1/2 x 5 in. lithograph. (Minor toning, not examined out of frame.) Housed in giltwood oval frame (small chips).
A striking portrait of Little Horse of the Oglala Sioux tribe dressed in his ceremonial garb which includes headdress, buffalo bone vest, and animal pelts. The original image was taken around 1899 by a member of the Heyn family, (likely Herman) working photographers active in Omaha.