Lot of 2, including cabinet card on trimmed mount featuring a seated Kaw chief wearing an octopus pouch. Mount with imprint of the "Department of the Interior / U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / F.V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist, in Charge" (last line cut off) and with manuscript identification ("Ka-Ke-Ga-Sha / Kaw") along lower margin. Verso with modern inscription identifying subject and accoutrements; and one cabinet card featuring an Apache chief wearing a breastplate and wrapped braids, holding a tomahawk. Mount with imprint of the "Department of the Interior / U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / F.V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist, in Charge" and with manuscript identification ("Grey Eagle / Apache") along lower margin. Provenance:American Indian Photography Collection of John W. Painter (1929-2008) Condition: Kaw chief card clipped around edges. Both cards with some spotting, surface soil, and wear to edges.
Lot of 2, including cabinet card on trimmed mount featuring a seated Kaw chief wearing an octopus pouch. Mount with imprint of the "Department of the Interior / U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / F.V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist, in Charge" (last line cut off) and with manuscript identification ("Ka-Ke-Ga-Sha / Kaw") along lower margin. Verso with modern inscription identifying subject and accoutrements; and one cabinet card featuring an Apache chief wearing a breastplate and wrapped braids, holding a tomahawk. Mount with imprint of the "Department of the Interior / U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / F.V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist, in Charge" and with manuscript identification ("Grey Eagle / Apache") along lower margin. Provenance:American Indian Photography Collection of John W. Painter (1929-2008) Condition: Kaw chief card clipped around edges. Both cards with some spotting, surface soil, and wear to edges.
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