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"Snake and Big Belly"- Crow Cabinet Card by D.F. Barry
Nation / Tribe: Crow
Photographer: D.F. Barry
Studio Imprint: West Superior, Wisconsin
Location/Association: Fort Custer, Montana Territory
Date: Circa 1882
Format: Cabinet Card
Process: Albumen Print
Overall Dimensions: Approximately 4 x 6 inches
Studio portrait of two seated Native American men beneath the printed caption "SNAKE, AND BIG BELLY." Both wear multiple strands of shell necklaces and metal arm bands. One wears a broad-brimmed hat with a prominent feather plume; the other wears a dark shirt and a long decorated belt drop.
The mount is printed "D. F. BARRY, West Superior, Wis." The reverse is blank.
Reference:
Heritage sales, 2010 June Signature American Indian Art sale #6040, Lot 55193, Bull Snake and Half-Yellow Face, c. 1882. The catalog documents this image as a D.F. Barry albumen cabinet card of Crow subjects made at Fort Custer, Montana Territory, circa 1882 and later printed at Barry's West Superior, Wisconsin studio, with the caption "Snake and Big Belly."
Condition:
"Snake, and Big Belly" is printed directly on the card.Please review the photographs for the complete condition.
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