2 Original Photographs Northern Plains Indian Native American Trevois Beadwork

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Two original photographs, one private photograph and one real photograph postcard. Both images show a Northern Plains youth on a trevois, one in profile, and one confronting the camera with a sombre gaze. Both images appear to have been made in the context of a "old west" shows or performances.
Interesting
period images and important documents of
Plains culture
, as well as a fascinating and significant document of the Euro-American trade in Indigenous culture and images in the early 19th century.
These photographs are from a private archive of rare early Native American photograph and lithograph postcards collected in the 1950s, and which I will be offering over the coming months. Please see my other listings for more early postcards and photographs.
Buy with confidence. Old York
Estates is a regular contributor to American Antique and collector publications,
a member of the American Institute for Conservation,
and is an established dealer in objects
from some of Toronto's best estates. Please note that a selection of tribal, and historic North American Indigenous art is available in our listings and by request.
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