Newberry Library - Indian Utensils and arms

Title Indian Utensils and arms

Publisher London: Ackermann and Co.

Date 1836-1841?

Subjects Clothing and dress, Implements, utensils, etc., Indian weapons, Indians of North America, Weapons

Description Tableau 48 in atlas: Illustrations to Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America. Variety of objects collected by Prince Maximillian, from the Plains Indian tribal communities. Objects include Sioux and Iroquois moccasins, quill-decorated otter skin, bows, an eagle-feather war bonnet, a double-goose-bone war whistle, a hair roach, a Sioux pipe, painted rawhide storage bag, a Mandan hoop-and-pole game item, a lance, a pipe temper, ceremonial drum, pipe with eagle feathers, cloth, horsehair and woodpecker bills, a stone knife and an elaborate warshield, and medicine bundles. With a Karl Bodmer stamp of ownership. In 1836 Maximilian commissioned Bodmer to create illustrations to accompany the text of his atlas documenting their travels. These illustrations include 81 plates of aquatints.

Extent 1 drawing; 44 x 60

Format Aquatints, Works of art

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number VAULT oversize Graff 4649

BibID 99685638805867

Projects Tag Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 6504px × 4774px 88.86 MB

File Created 07/31/2012

Filename 99685638805867_NL004702.tif

Unique Identifier NL1211KU

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