Hollow Horn Bear

Staying with the American Indian theme, I recently came across this wonderful US stamp issued in 1922. It was the first 14c stamp ever issued, and was designed by Clair Aubrey Huston, who was also responsible for the design of other stamps including the 5c blue of 1922 showing Theodore Roosevelt. The link between these two stamps is that Hollow Head Bear (1850-1913) a member of the Brule Sioux tribe was in Washington in 1905 for the inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt.  A photograph was taken of the Indian Chief by the artist and photographer De Lancey Gill, and this  was used as the basis of the stamp design. The photograph is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Both stamps are in the series of Famous Americans and monuments issued in 1922.

Hollow Horn Bear - Indian Chief - stamp issued 1922