Tribal affiliation unidentified
Circa late 19th century
Imperial cabinet card photograph
Dimensions not provided
Provenance: Personal collection of David West, Phoenix, Arizona
This imperial cabinet card depicts a young Native American sitter identified in the listing as "Crow Foot," shown in a studio setting wrapped in a blanket and posed beside a decorative chair. The large-format imperial cabinet card gives the portrait a more substantial presence than a standard cabinet card, with the figure placed to the left against a warm-toned photographic surface. The sitter's direct gaze, braided hair, and restrained studio arrangement lend the image a quiet formal authority.
No specific tribal attribution is provided in the documentation, and none should be assigned without supporting evidence. As a named late nineteenth-century Native American studio portrait, the work preserves an individual image from the period with a degree of specificity unusual for anonymous ethnographic photography. The David West, Phoenix provenance places the object within a collecting context with longstanding connections to Southwest and Plains material.
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Tribal affiliation unidentified
Circa late 19th century
Imperial cabinet card photograph
Dimensions not provided
Provenance: Personal collection of David West, Phoenix, Arizona
This imperial cabinet card depicts a young Native American sitter identified in the listing as "Crow Foot," shown in a studio setting wrapped in a blanket and posed beside a decorative chair. The large-format imperial cabinet card gives the portrait a more substantial presence than a standard cabinet card, with the figure placed to the left against a warm-toned photographic surface. The sitter's direct gaze, braided hair, and restrained studio arrangement lend the image a quiet formal authority.
No specific tribal attribution is provided in the documentation, and none should be assigned without supporting evidence. As a named late nineteenth-century Native American studio portrait, the work preserves an individual image from the period with a degree of specificity unusual for anonymous ethnographic photography. The David West, Phoenix provenance places the object within a collecting context with longstanding connections to Southwest and Plains material.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
