Rain in the Face - Hunkpapa Lakota
Subject: Rain in the Face
Nation / Tribe: Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)
Photographer: George E. Spencer
Location/Association: Chicago World\'s Columbian Exposition
Date: 1893
Format: Cabinet Card
Seated studio portrait of Rain in the Face wearing a large feathered headdress and decorated clothing. He is posed with a pipe and pipe bag, with a single feather resting across his lap.
The lower mount is printed \"Chief Rain in the Face\" and credits \"Geo. E. Spencer, U.S. Army Photo.\" The upper mount reads \"Sitting Bull\'s Log Cabin now on Exhibition at World\'s Fair, Chicago, 1893, owned by Sitting Bull Log Cabin Co., Mandan, North Dakota.\"
Reference:
The National Museum of the American Indian identifies Rain in the Face as \"Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)\" and dates his life approximately 1835-1905.
A documented George E. Spencer cabinet card with the same World\'s Fair mount text is cataloged as a 4.25 x 6.5 inch photograph issued for the 1893 Chicago World\'s Fair- RR sale, Rain in the Face Scarce Signed Cabinet Photograph - Issued for the 1893 Chicago World\'s Fair, Lot 235.
Condition:
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