Call NumberNS-394Datecirca 1892SummaryA Sioux man poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in the dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. He wears a long, feather headdress and holds a long spear and round shield in his left hand. He also wears a breastplate, possibly made of bone. A chain with bells on it is around the horse's neck. Another horse is in the right foreground with a long tassel hanging from its mouth. A group of additional Native American riders is in the left background. Those men also hold spears.Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white |7 x 9 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.) on album sheet 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota Indians--Clothing and dressWild west showsHorsesBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105394Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 2 (A.R. Dresser photographs)Original Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotes150f handwritten on album sheet below photoprint. "At the Wild West Earl's Court with a crouch hand camera during July, August and September 1892. BÌ€uffalo Bill's Show.' Presented to Nat Salisbury Esq for use of the staff with A.R. Dressers Compliments Springfield Bexley Heath. Kent, England Oct. 1892" handwritten on first page of album. Edges of album sheet are deteriorating. Image mounted on album sheet with "NS-391, "NS-392" and "NS-393."|Subseries title taken from album cover. Title handwritten on photoprint. Vintage photographic print. R7001053941
