Mandan Warriors and Chief – 19th Century Ethnographic Print of Indigenous Canada

Name: Mandan Warriors and Chief – 19th Century Ethnographic Print of Indigenous Canada
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-05150-14
Price: 125 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: circa 1850
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 12.5 × 20.5 cm (4.9 × 8.1 in)
Condition: Good. Condition overall. Light age-toning and a few minor foxing spots in the margin. Mild creasing at upper edge. Top margin shows wear from previous binding, outside the image. Paper is stable and the image is sharp and well-inked.
Places: North Dakota
Reference: BG-05150-14

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

Three Mandan men, an original steel engraving by Lemaitre, engraved in France around 1850 and headed "Canada" at the top. The plate is titled "Indiens Mandans," with "Lemaitre direxit" printed above the title in the lower margin, and the plate number appears at the upper right.

The scene is composed of three men in the open, with low grass behind them. At the right stands a chief in a tall feathered headdress with a pair of horns, a long fringed robe and fringed leggings. He holds out a staff decorated with a feather and tufts of hair toward the others. At the left is a man in a long belted robe with a feathered hair ornament, a cluster of round ornaments at his waist and elaborately decorated moccasins. Between them, a third man in a heavy robe and a broad necklace stands with his hands drawn inside the robe.

The Mandan lived in earth-lodge villages on the upper Missouri River, and were widely described and illustrated by early nineteenth-century travelers on the Plains. Despite the "Canada" heading of the series, the subject belongs to the Missouri country rather than Canada.

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