PLATE 166 ARIKARA CHIEF 1908 Copper Plate
EDWARD S. CURTIS. Plate 166 Arikara Chief, 1908. 15.75x9" image on 18x10.5" copper plate. Plate date 1909. From Portfolio 5, Mandan, Arikara & Atsina, of The North American Indian. Engraved on plate recto: Plate 166/Arikara Chief / From Copyright Photograph 1908 by E.S. Curtis / Photogravure Suffolk Eng Co Cambridge Mass
Curtis wrote of this image: "The tribal chief, Sitting Bear, is portrayed in full costume of scalp-shirt, leggings, and moccasins, all of deerskin, and eagle-feather war-bonnet and coup-stick."
Condition Report: Very Good. Minor scratches, tarnish, dents, abrasions, small dark spots, and ink residue throughout plate surface.
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EDWARD S. CURTIS. Plate 166 Arikara Chief, 1908. 15.75x9" image on 18x10.5" copper plate. Plate date 1909. From Portfolio 5, Mandan, Arikara & Atsina, of The North American Indian. Engraved on plate recto: Plate 166/Arikara Chief / From Copyright Photograph 1908 by E.S. Curtis / Photogravure Suffolk Eng Co Cambridge Mass
Curtis wrote of this image: "The tribal chief, Sitting Bear, is portrayed in full costume of scalp-shirt, leggings, and moccasins, all of deerskin, and eagle-feather war-bonnet and coup-stick."
Condition Report: Very Good. Minor scratches, tarnish, dents, abrasions, small dark spots, and ink residue throughout plate surface.
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