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Two Scarce Photographs of Geronimo (1829-1909)
Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
Live Auction
Native American Art: The Lifetime Collection of Forrest Fenn, Part I
Description
Two Scarce Photographs of Geronimo (1829-1909)
ca 1900
unmounted gelatin-silver prints of the aged Apache taken by William Irwin of Chickasha, I.T. 

Irwin exposed at least four different negatives of Geronimo wearing the same shirt, sporting a rare Texas Dance Brothers Revolver, and wearing a traditional Apache cap, or sporting a Plains eagle feather headdress.  

each 5 x 8 inches
Provenance
short margin tear top left of seated portrait.  Otherwise both fine.