Lot 246: D.F. Barry Cabinet Card Photograph of Chief Crow, Hunkpapa Dakota

Wearing fur-wrapped hair, shell earrings, a beaded necklace, eagle feather quills in his hair, and holding a felt hat. Applied label, Crow, and ink notation, Chief Oucapapa Sioux on mount, and Barry's Bismarck, D.T. studio imprint verso. The card dates before Nov. 2, 1889 when Dakota Territory was divided into North and South Dakota. Card also carries exhibit label on the back for the Second International Congress of Eugenics, Sept. 22 to Oct. 22, 1921 at the American Museum of Natural History where it was exhibited by C. F. Fish.

Chief Crow was one of the leaders at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He is said to have been shot twice with arrows which he pulled through, not breaking them off, thus giving him the honor of wearing the eagle quills.

Pin holes at top and bottom, and minor corner loss and rubs, not affecting the image.