Photograph on photographer’s mat
8 in high x 6 in wide; 20.32 cm high x 15.24 cm wide
Provenance: Private collection, Upstate New York
This mounted photograph depicts the Ponca figure identified as Chief Sits on the Hill, photographed by Drake of Ponca City, Oklahoma. The image belongs to the early 20th-century studio tradition of Native American portrait photography in Oklahoma, where named sitters were recorded in formal dress and regalia. The photographer’s printed studio mark on the mount places the work within Drake’s Ponca City practice.
The composition shows one standing figure and one seated figure, both presented in carefully arranged dress with beadwork, feather ornament, and personal adornment. The studio chair, backdrop, and full-length framing give the portrait a formal public quality rather than a casual documentary view. As an identified Ponca photograph, the work records leadership, family or community presence, and visual representation in the early reservation period.
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Photograph on photographer’s mat
8 in high x 6 in wide; 20.32 cm high x 15.24 cm wide
Provenance: Private collection, Upstate New York
This mounted photograph depicts the Ponca figure identified as Chief Sits on the Hill, photographed by Drake of Ponca City, Oklahoma. The image belongs to the early 20th-century studio tradition of Native American portrait photography in Oklahoma, where named sitters were recorded in formal dress and regalia. The photographer’s printed studio mark on the mount places the work within Drake’s Ponca City practice.
The composition shows one standing figure and one seated figure, both presented in carefully arranged dress with beadwork, feather ornament, and personal adornment. The studio chair, backdrop, and full-length framing give the portrait a formal public quality rather than a casual documentary view. As an identified Ponca photograph, the work records leadership, family or community presence, and visual representation in the early reservation period.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
