This postcard shews Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill Cody in 1885, during a tour of the Wild West, before a studio backdrop typical of the time. Their body languages and miens are opposed to each other. Buffalo Bill looks upward as if seeing into the future, his hands arranged dramatically, one holding a rifle. Sitting Bull is pensive and his gaze turns inward. The chief only lived another five years after this photograph was taken.
Very interesting body language!
ReplyDeleteBuffalo Bill had happenin' boots as well.
ReplyDeleteTȟatȟáŋka Íyotake & William Frederick Cody. Impressive feathered war bonnet.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rob, I'd be hard pressed to pronounce Sitting Bull's real name! Or Geronimo's real name for that matter.
ReplyDelete"One who yawns" :-)
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