Antique Native American Wades-In-The-Water Blackfoot Indian Police... - $1 - (Waterloo, IL)
Antique Native American Wades-In-The-Water Blackfoot Indian Police Chief Color Pictorial Poster Under Glass in Vintage FrameFollow our link -------> LaLa's Old Beginnings store"WADES-IN-THE-WATER At 14, Wades-in-the-Water had his first and only war experience- he scalped another Indian! In his early twenties he became an Indian policeman, then Indian Police Chief, a position he held for 26 years." Wonderful colored portrait of Wades-In-The-Water, a Native American Blackfeet Police Chief. Bottom left corner marked "FROM ORIGINAL PORTRAIT BY WINHOLD REISS, NEW YORK. COPYRIGHT GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. ST. PAUL". Minor Stains.One of the series of beautiful images of Native Americans that Winold Reiss produced for the Great Northern Railway. This depicts Wades-in-the-Water, a 73-year-old elder of the Blackfeet nation, wearing an elaborately decorated robe & feathered headdress. Frame measures approx. 12 7/8 in. long X 9 7/8 in. across. ~~ THIS IS AN ORIGINAL. NOT A REPRODUCTION ~~ Check out & LIKE our LaLa's Old Beginnings Facebook page
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