I-shta sa-pa, Black Eye

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Date

1867
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Contributors

Printed by A. Zeno Shindler
Dimensions

Image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 1/2 x 6 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: U. Yanktonai.11.
Mount Verso:
u.c. printed on paper label: 734. I-STE-SA-PA. Black Eye. (Front.)
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: I-shta sa-pa, Black Eye. Not identical with No. 9.
u.c. to c. in graphite: 1044. \ See neg. 3522 [all crossed out] \ & 3649 [crossed out] \ Dakota Neg. 3649-a
c. in blue ink: Fig. [illeg.] 4 \ Direct
l.c. in red ink: P 9 top R.
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3203
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.”

Location: Off view

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