The Medacine [i.e. Medicine] Man taken at the battle of Wound Knee S.D.
Creator(s)
Northwestern Photographic Co.
Summary
View of the slain frozen body of a Native American Lakota Sioux medicine man on the battlefield at the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre, Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. The body has clenched arms and is posed with a rifle.
Date
[1891? January 3]
Notes
Condition: Emulsion deterioration on plate.; Formerly F8923.; Two titles and "No 2" inked on original.; R7100314230
Physical Description
1 copy photonegative : glass ; 22 x 17 cm. (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint ; 26 x 21 cm. (10 x 8 in.)
