Portrait of Chief Black Eagle (Wanbudi-sapa), a Native American (Assiniboin) man. Black Eagle has long hair, wears beaded moccasins, holds an eagle feather fan and poses wrapped in a buffalo robe.
Description
1 photomechanical print : photogravure, brown ink ; 45 x 24 cm. (18 x 9 in.) on sheet 57 x 45 cm. (22 1/2 x 18 in.)
Scale
Great Plains.
Is Part Of
The North American Indian, v. 3. The Teton Sioux, the Yanktonai, the Assiniboin.
Subject
Assiniboin Indians--1900-1910; Indians of North America--1900-1910; Aged persons--1900-1910; Fans--1900-1910; Hides & skins--1900-1910; Tribal chiefs--United States--1900-1910; Black Eagle, Assiniboin chief.
Format-Medium
Photograph;
Source
Source unknown.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Publisher
E.S. Curtis
Related Material
Image file: ZZR710034104
Notes
Condition: edges worn.; Description by Edward S. Curtis: "The life of Black Eagle is briefly treated in Volume III, page 182."; Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1908.; Title reproduced in photogravure.; Photogravure print on Van Gelder Holland paper.; R7100341041
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