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HARMON PERCY MARBLE (American) Gelatin silver pri

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Harmon Percy Marble (American, 1870 - 1945)

Sioux Photo.

Gelatin silver print. c1919. 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (276 x 352 mm). Sheet Size: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (276 x 352 mm). Person on left wearing a Chief's Blanket (note beaded strip in center of blanket). Woman next to her is wearing a tradecloth (wool) dress with silver coins on the yoke. Skirt has three satin ribbons sewn on it; she is holding a shawl. Woman third from left wearing dress decorated with elk teeth on yoke, and blanket or shawl with silk or satin ribbon on bottom edge. Woman standing in front of door is wearing a woman's hairpipe bone necklace bone breastplate. Bottom of skirt is decorated with dentillum shells. She is holding a shawl or blanket. Person third from right is holding a highly prized Navajo Chief's Blanket. Lady second from right has silver coins on bodice of dress and shawl wrapped around her. Lady on far right has dress with dentillum shell yoke. Her hairpipe bone breastplate has many large beads, most likely Crow beads; though they could be little wooden beads between the bone hairpipes.

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