Many Trails. Bessie Snake, age 84. Spoke Delaware language.

• Price: $950.00
  

  SKU: 20263

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• ARTIST: Rae Russel

• MEDIUM: Vintage silver gelatin photograph,

  DATE: 1982

• EDITION SIZE: Edition 25. Image size 11 1/2 x 8 3/8" (292 x 212 mm).

• DESCRIPTION:

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed, dated, and titled in pencil on verso. "A full Delaware, Bessie Snake speaks Unami-Delaware 'all the way.' Like other Oklahoma Delawares who retained their 160-acre land allotments made in 1906, she is now reaping some of the benefits of land and oil rentals. Bessie's first husband was killed by a lightning bolt as he plowed a field. She has been married to his brother Willie Snake for thirty-four years. How old are you? 'Heck, I don't know.'"

• CONDITION: Good condition.

• REFERENCE: 82-08-OK E5.

• CATEGORIES: 20th Century Subjects , Photography