Antique Print of the Second Chief of the Mandan Tribe by Prichard, '1843'

Name: Antique Print of the Second Chief of the Mandan Tribe by Prichard, '1843'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12284-7
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: North Dakota
Reference: BG-12284-7

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

Mah-To-Toh-Pa, second chief of the Mandan, 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 "Mah-To-Toh-Pa. (les quatre Ours) Second chef des Mandans", and the engraver's signature appears at the lower right of the image.

The portrait is a bust view, showing the chief with long dark hair falling over the chest, a small ornament at the crown, and the lower part of his face painted red. A robe with painted stripes is draped over one arm, and the skin is tinted warm brown with faint markings on the chest. The background is lightly washed in blue and left open, in the manner of the ethnographic plates of the day.

The Mandan are a Native American people of the Great Plains who lived for centuries mainly in what is now North Dakota. The French caption gives the chief's name together with its translation, Four Bears.

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