Albumen print portrait of Feathered Wolf (Cheyenne), photographed by John K. Hillers, showing the sitter posed outdoors against a stacked stone formation. Feathered Wolf stands barefoot with one leg raised on the rock ledge, wearing minimal dress, long braided hair falling over the chest, and holding a staff or ceremonial object. The pose, setting, and presentation are consistent with Hillers’s field portraits of Native leaders made during the mid-1870s.

This photograph is part of Hillers’s documented work produced while serving as photographer for the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories under John Wesley Powell. Hillers photographed Feathered Wolf during the period when Cheyenne leaders were recorded individually in outdoor environments, emphasizing form, posture, and material culture rather than studio conventions. Examples of Hillers’s Feathered Wolf portraits are preserved in institutional collections and are firmly associated with Powell survey-era documentation.

The albumen print measures 9 x 5.5 inches, mounted on a period card mount measuring 10 x 12 inches. The image is centered on a plain mount with no visible front imprint. The verso is unadorned, consistent with survey-era field photographs rather than later commercial mounts.