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Death Whoop.
Death Whoop.
Capt. S. Eastman U.S. Army. Alfred Jones.
[American, n.d., c.1853.]
Steel engraving, image 200 x 165mm. 8 x 6½". Ink smudge to lower margin; tatty right edge.
Rather gruesome image of a Native American warrior holding a knife and scalp over the dead body of a white man. Seth Eastman (1808 – 1875) was an artist and West Point graduate who served in the US Army, as a mapmaker and illustrator, who was instrumental in recording Native American life. Numbered 'Pl.10' below image; possibly for 'The American aboriginal portfolio' by the artist's wife Mary H. Eastman.
See LoC 03006334.
[Ref: 23428]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Scalps dressed for the Dance.
Scalps dressed for the Dance.
Drawn by Capt. S Eastman U.S. Army from the originals.
[American, n.d., c.1853.]
Lithograph printed in colours, sheet 310 x 235mm. 12¼ x 9¼". Some faint offsetting.
Rather gruesome ritual Native American artefacts; these human scalps suspended within frames were evidently held aloft on poles during dancing. Seth Eastman (1808 – 1875) was an artist and West Point graduate who served in the US Army, as a mapmaker and illustrator, who was instrumental in recording Native American life. Numbered 'Pl.11' below upper right; possibly for an edition of 'The American aboriginal portfolio' by the artist's wife Mary H. Eastman.
See LoC 03006334.
[Ref: 23487]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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