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Sepia studio portrait of a seated Native American man in a feathered headdress holding a staff, on a gray mount with the printed name Sitting Holy.

Sitting Holy, Sioux Indian

A seated man in a large feathered war bonnet and fringed dark garment holds a short staff with a round head, turned in three-quarter profile against a dark studio backdrop. The sepia-toned mount bears the printed label "Sitting Holy" beneath the photograph.

Artist
Kasebier
Date
ca 1898
Medium
platinum print (overall production method/technique) paper (overall material)
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
1681 × 2240 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1903).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

Español: Sitting Holy, indio sioux, ca. 1898, copia de platino

Un hombre sentado con un gran tocado de plumas y una prenda oscura con flecos sostiene un bastón corto de cabeza redonda, girado en tres cuartos frente a un fondo oscuro de estudio. El soporte color gris lleva impresa la etiqueta "Sitting Holy" bajo la fotografía.

Português: Sitting Holy, indígena sioux, ca. 1898, impressão em platina

Um homem sentado, com um grande cocar de penas e uma roupa escura com franjas, segura um bastão curto de cabeça redonda, virado em três quartos contra um fundo escuro de estúdio. A moldura cinza traz impresso o nome "Sitting Holy" abaixo da fotografia.