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Title Woman of the Snake-Tribe, Woman of the Cree-Tribe

Creator Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893

Publisher London: Ackermann and Co.

Place North America

Language English, French, German

Subjects Clothing and dress, Face painting, Indian women, Indians of North America

Description Tableau 33 in atlas: Illustrations to Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America. Portrait of two Plains Indian women. The woman of the Snake Tribe, at left, wears a hide dress with fringe, and a purple cloth blanket. The Cree woman, at right wears an elk hide dress, a trade blanket, red face paint, and elaborate earrings made of dentalium shells and blue beads. Her hair is in braids. 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 ; 55.5 x 44 cm

Format Aquatints, Portraits

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number VAULT oversize Graff 4649

BibID 99685638805867

Projects Tag Ayer Art Digital Collection, Digital Collections for the Classroom, Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 6288px × 5356px 96.38 MB

File Created 07/31/2012

Filename 99685638805867_NL004685.tif

Unique Identifier NL1211KL

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