Gi-he-ga or Pe-dhan-ba, Seven

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)

Date

1868-1869
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 9/16 x 5 in.
Mount: 8 1/2 x 5 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.r. in image: Omaha. 5
Mount Verso:
u.c. [typed on paper label]: 463. GI-HE-GA. Chief \ One of the nine chiefs who governed the tribe, holding \ their positions by hereditary descent.
u.c. [typed on paper label]: Chief of the In-Ke Sa-Be \ or Black Shoulder (a buffalo) gens. \ of the Omaha. His gens kept the mys- \ terious or Sacred peace pipes. Ga-hi-ge, Chief, or Pe-dhan-ba, Seven \ was one of the best men of his people. \ He labored for the welfare of his tr \ tribe, and though one of the Chief's Party \ for years he favored a Compromise and was \ elected one of the new Chief's by the \ popular voice. He died a few years ago. \ The hand on his headress refers to an \ exploit in war.
c. in graphite: Neg No 3930
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3261
Copyright

Public domain

Nature/Culture

July 15–December 10, 2017

Nature/Culture explores different facets of the dichotomy between nature and culture through photographs, reflecting on how nature counterpoints and enlivens our built environment and on what qualifies as “natural.”

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