Black War Eagle or Wan-M'Di-Sha'-Pa

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Date

1867
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Contributors

Printed by A. Zeno Shindler
Dimensions

Image: 5 7/16 x 3 7/8 in.
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. in image: Yankton.11a
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: [in graphite] (232) [in ink] 223. [printed] WAN-M'DI-SHA-PA. Black Eagle. YANKTON.
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: Wan-mdi' Sa'-pa \ War Eagle black \ John Ree, nephew of Padani apapi, \ (Struck by the Ree) (see no. .) \ succeeded David Mad Bull, as Chief of \ the Oyate cited (Bad Nation), a Yankton \ gens living at Choteau Creek, South Dakota.
u.c. in graphite: Neg. No. 3576
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.3234
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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