Kiowa, Southern Plains, Oklahoma Territory
circa 1900
Cabinet card photograph by Henry James Stevenson, El Reno, Oklahoma Territory
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, AZ
This cabinet card by Henry James Stevenson depicts a Kiowa child in formal dress, including an elaborate garment decorated with elk teeth, an element associated with status, adornment, and Plains material culture across multiple Southern Plains peoples. Stevenson worked in El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, and his images belong to the early 20th-century photographic record of Southern Plains Native American portraiture. The child's composed direct gaze and the careful studio presentation give this portrait a dignity consistent with the best named and attributed Plains cabinet card work of the period.
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Kiowa, Southern Plains, Oklahoma Territory
circa 1900
Cabinet card photograph by Henry James Stevenson, El Reno, Oklahoma Territory
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, AZ
This cabinet card by Henry James Stevenson depicts a Kiowa child in formal dress, including an elaborate garment decorated with elk teeth, an element associated with status, adornment, and Plains material culture across multiple Southern Plains peoples. Stevenson worked in El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, and his images belong to the early 20th-century photographic record of Southern Plains Native American portraiture. The child's composed direct gaze and the careful studio presentation give this portrait a dignity consistent with the best named and attributed Plains cabinet card work of the period.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
