A black-and-white portrait photograph of two Indigenous adults, one standing and one sitting, wearing traditional clothing, one holding a pipe.

Little Wolf (standing) and Dull Knife

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Date

1873, printed ca. 1910
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Contributors

Printed by Probably DeLancey W. Gill
Dimensions

Image: 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.
Mount: 10 1/2 x 8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: Cheyenne.7.
Mount Verso:
u.c. in ink: No. 47 [crossed out] \ Family. Algonquian \ Tribe. Northern Cheyenne \ Names. Lame White Man (standing) \ Wild Hog.
u.r. in graphite: Neg. No. 270 \ WHJ #26
c. in ink: Note- \ Willis Roland says the standing \ figure is Little Wolf and the \ sitter walks like a white man \ D.L.G. \ Photo prior To 1877
l.c. [stamp]: IF USED FOR PUBLICATION CREDIT \ MUST BE GIVEN TO THE SMITH- \ SONIAN INSTITUTION, BUREAU OF \ AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY.
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.2127
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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