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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Portrait of a tribal policeman and his wife.

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Portrait of a tribal policeman and his wife.

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Portrait of a tribal policeman and his wife. Sixth-plate tintype photograph, 2¾ x 2¼ inches to sight, in early case; minor wear. No place, circa 1880s A tribal policeman is posed for a studio portrait, with his badge visible. The woman next to him, presumably his wife, wears what appears to be one of the early Pendleton blankets over her shoulders. Provenance: Cowan's sale, 20 June 2009, lot 595, where the sitter is identified as from the Nez Percé of Idaho.

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