Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, AZ
This cabinet card photograph by Henry James Stevenson depicts a Kiowa child in formal dress. Stevenson worked in El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, and the image belongs to the early twentieth-century photographic record of Southern Plains Native American portraiture. The child is shown wearing an elaborate garment decorated with elk teeth, an element associated with status, adornment, and Plains material culture.
The portrait has a direct studio presentation, with the sitter centered against a simple background. Cabinet cards were widely collected during this period and often served as both personal portraits and documentary images. As a Kiowa subject from Oklahoma Territory, the photograph belongs within the Plains region.
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Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, AZ
This cabinet card photograph by Henry James Stevenson depicts a Kiowa child in formal dress. Stevenson worked in El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, and the image belongs to the early twentieth-century photographic record of Southern Plains Native American portraiture. The child is shown wearing an elaborate garment decorated with elk teeth, an element associated with status, adornment, and Plains material culture.
The portrait has a direct studio presentation, with the sitter centered against a simple background. Cabinet cards were widely collected during this period and often served as both personal portraits and documentary images. As a Kiowa subject from Oklahoma Territory, the photograph belongs within the Plains region.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
