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CURTIS, Edward Sheriff (American, 1868-1952). Cheyenne Type. [Boston: John Andrew & Son, ca. 1910]. Original photogravure on heavy engraving stock. Title penciled on recto and verso. Image lacks captions and identifiers typically found in lower margin. Possibly a printer’s proof of Plate 210 in Curtis’s Portfolio 6, “The North American Indian, Vol. 6. The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho.” Image 15 5/8 x 11 1/8”; sheet 22 3/8 x 18 1/8”; Curtis further identified the subject of this photograph in Volume 6.: “A Portrait of Wako’yami (“His Horse Bobtailed”) of Northern Cheyenne.” Deckled edges; some toning and discoloration around perimeter; image is clean and crisp.