Call NumberX-34082CreatorCurtis, Edward S., 1868-1952Date1900-1910SummarySioux chiefs in feather headdresses pose on horseback with coup sticks. One man wears a hair pipe bandolier and poses on a saddled horse with a concho studded martingale.Physical Description1 photomechanical print : photogravure, brown ink ; 36 x 44 cm (14 x 17 in.) on sheet 57 x 45 cm (22 1/2 x 18 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota IndiansIndians of North AmericaHeaddressesHorseback ridingTribal ChiefsWarriorsCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710034082Type of MaterialPhotogravuresDigital Version Created FromNorth American Indian : v. 3, plate no. 79.Original Material Found in CollectionThe North American Indian, v. 3. The Teton Sioux, the Yanktonai, the Assiniboin.NotesCondition: edges worn. Description by Edward S. Curtis: Very often two or three men would form themselves into a war-party and ride away to be gone weeks or months. Sometimes they returned with scalps or horses, or women ; and again the war-party, whether large or small, met defeat and none survived to bring back to anxious wives and children the story of the disaster. Formerly F24365. Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1905. Title reproduced in photogravure. Photogravure print on Van Gelder Holland paper. R7100340825PublisherE.S. CurtisLanguageeng
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, Sioux chiefs (1900-1910). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 17/04/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1130364
