Week #151 - Put on your thinking caps....

[Sarah]

QUESTION:

 

Who was the model for the Indian bust on the quarter eagles and half eagles of 1908?

 

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[TJ]

Geronimo

[rexcat]

Pratt's model remains unknown by name or tribe, but he wears a war headdress far more opulent than any of the prior issues.

[reid1836]

Running Antelope

[CoinBoy-migration]

Bela Lyon Pratt

[Wihlborg]

Laura Gardin Fraser

 

John

[Hoot]

According to Breen, "Pratt's Native American chieftain model remains unnamed, his tribe unkown."

 

Hoot

[cpm9ball]

It wouldn't seem fair to win two weeks in a row, so................................

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

 

Chris

[jimdb-migration]

Standing Bear, a Ponca Indian chief

[Les Shud-migration]

Unknown model, his tribe unnamed.

[NPCoin]

I'm sorry, but I always thought that Bela Lyon Pratt did not utilize a model but only scuplted based on his envisioning of the bust. In fact, weren't all Indian busted eagles the same? No model and just the artistic rendition (until you come to modern age and the Sac dollar).

 

If I'm not mistaken about this, then this was a trick question

[Ed Daggett]

It is a composite of three American Indians - Iron Tail, Big Tree and Two Moons.

[Chowder-migration]

The Native American on the 1908 Indian Head Half Eagle is unknown. The tribe is unknown as well. The headress is a war headress.

[CarolinaCollector]

My recollection was that the portrait was a composite of serveral native Americans.

 

In any case we owe a debt of gratitude to Teddy Roosevelt for redesigning our gold coinage during his administration.

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION:

 

Who was the model for the Indian bust on the quarter eagles and half eagles of 1908?

 

ANSWER:

 

Thundercloud

 

 

I'm sorry to report that no one got the answer to this week's question.

 

 

 

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