A sepia-toned formal portrait photograph of six Indigenous men, four in cultural dress, each holding a tomahawk, and two wearing suits.

Big Elk, Standing Buffalo Bull, White Eagle, Standing Bear and Baptiste Barnaby [left] and Charles LeClair [right], Two Interpreters of the Ponca Delegation

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Date

Nov. 14, 1877
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 5 13/16 x 8 in.
Mount: 6 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.
Inscriptions

Mount Recto:
l.l. to l.r. in graphite: Big Elk Stadning Buffalo White Eagle Standing Bear
Mount Verso [vertical]:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 1093. GROUP of four chiefs and two interpreters of the Ponca \ delegation.
u.c. to c. in graphite: 987. \ Big Elk \ Standing Buffalo Bull \ White Eagle \ Standing Bear \ (2 interpreters) \ Neg. No. 4237
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.2942
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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