Spring 2024 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
June 7th, 8th, 9th, & 10th, 2024
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
FINE PHOTOGRAPH OF “CHIEF WHITE EAGLE” & OTHER “PONCA CHIEFS”, CIRCA 1880
02-21944
8.5″ x 6.5″ Drake, Ponca City, Oklahoma Territory mounted photograph of 4 chiefs with pipe tomahawks, and full costume along with 2 interpreters. White Eagle (~1825-1914) was born on the ancestral Ponca homeland somewhere near the confluence of the Niobrara River and Missouri River which forms the contemporary South Dakota-Nebraska state line. At the time of his birth, the Ponca hereditary chief sovereign had full sovereign power over his people and counseled by thirteen subordinate chiefs who represented all the interests of the Ponca citizenry.
PROVENANCE: from Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection.
