Bidspirit auction | Antique Sepia Photograph - ”Apache

Antique Sepia Photograph - ”Apache Boy” - his original authentic vintage antique albumen sepia photograph measures 5 1/8” by 8 3/8” and is mounted on dark maroon period card stock. It was taken by Ben Wittick most probably at the Tertio Millenial Fair at Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1883 from the background. It shows a young a Apache boy wearing a single amulet around his neck and a loin cloth. He sits on a Navajo Navaho banded blankets. It is titled in negative ” Shung - i - shi ~~ Apache Boy ~~ Wittick Photo ”. It has a full Ben Wittick backprint, ” Views In New Mexico, Arizona & Old Mexico , Photographed by Ben Wittick ; Published ....... Albuquerque , Nwe Mexico ........ ” ( See photo for the full text ). .