Antique Print of a Warrior of the Kaw Nation by Prichard '1843'

Name: Antique Print of a Warrior of the Kaw Nation by Prichard '1843'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12284-8
Price: 135 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1843
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 21.5 × 13 cm (8.5 × 5.1 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Kansas, Oklahoma
Reference: BG-12284-8

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A Kaw warrior, an original hand-colored print dated 1843 from the Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme comprenant des recherches sur l'influence des agens physiques et moraux (..) by J. C. Prichard. The caption reads "Meach-O-Shin-Gaw. (Le Petit Ours-blanc) Guerrier Konza".

The sitter is shown as a bust portrait in three-quarter profile. His head is shaved except for a tall roach of feathers and hair, with a red-tinted feather ornament at the crown and two long braids hanging beside the face. He wears a large round silver gorget on a necklace of beads, an armband, and a red-pink blanket wrapped across the shoulders, and he grips a knife in one hand. The skin is tinted warm brown, with painted designs on the face and tattoo marks on the chest and arms, and the background is left blank.

The Kaw, also known as the Kansa or Konza, are a Native American people who lived on the plains in what is now Kansas, and the nation today is federally recognized in Oklahoma. The French caption renders the name as "Konza".

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