Creator Biography
Creator Unknown, American.
Preview
Creation Date
1870
Medium
Photograph
Dimensions
11 x 4
Credit Line
Purchase by the Department of Art History, 2017
Accession Number
2017.1
Provenance
Purchased from Rich's Treats and Treasures, Chesterfield, MI.
Description
Black and white photograph of a huge, towering pile of bison skulls to be used for fertilizer expanding in every direction. A man stands in front of the pile, resting one foot atop a bison skull, with another figure mirroring his pose from the top of the pile.