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THBJulia Tuell Photographs of Sioux and Cheyenne Chiefs and Families, Incl. Chief American Horse
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LiveJun 22, 2018
Cowan’s American History: Premier Auction, scheduled for June 22, 2018 is comprised of early photographs, documents, manuscripts, broadsides, flags, and more dating from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Late Indian Wars, World War I and II and beyond. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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Lot of 6 silver gelatin photographs, each approx. 3.25 x 5.5 in. and titled and signed "Tuell" with her copyright (or blindstamp), all but two with extensive notations on verso believed to be in Tuell's hand. Subjects include: "Runsforward-Sioux," White River, South Dakota, wearing headdress and bone breastplate, with Tuell's blindstamp lower right; "Chief American Horse-Cheyenne," who served as a mentor to Tuell and taught her the Cheyenne language. The verso inscription notes that he "led the 'fighting Cheyennes' in Custer's massacre, 1876"; "Mrs. Fast Horse-Sioux," wearing a beaded shirt and bone breastplate, with Tuell's blindstamp lower right; "First Grandchild," an outdoor view showing "White Cow," daughter of Chief Dull Knife, holding her grandchild, as inscribed on verso; "The Papoose," which shows "Julia Wooden Thigh, granddaughter of 'White Cow' and grand granddaughter of Chief Dull Knife," as identified on verso; and "The Elktooth Dress - Sioux," described on verso as "highly prized, as one elk only has 2 teeth, and it requires many elk and several years to make a garment of this sort," with Tuell's blindstamp lower right.
Julia Tuell (1886-1960) moved west accompanying her school teacher husband. Eventually settling at Lame Deer Agency, Montana, she developed an interest in photography and began taking images of the Northern Cheyenne. She became a keen observer of Cheyenne culture, and because of her status as a woman, was allowed access to scenes of daily and ceremonial life usually considered off limits to whites. Her photographs of the Sun Dance, for example, record scenes that were fast-fading on the Northern Plains.
Unmounted, loose photographs. Very good to near excellent condition overall, with few light spots, light edge/corner wear.Condition
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