Amon Carter print details

Iron Eagle, Little Thunder, Buck Elk Walking and Blackbird

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)

Object Details

  • Date

    1875

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 3 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.
    Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.
    Mount: 8 7/16 x 6 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.c. in image: Oto.3.

    Mount Recto:

    l.c. in graphite: 1 2 3 4

    Mount Verso:

    u.l. in graphite: 956.

    u.c. printed on paper label: 501. INSTA-MUNTHA. Iron Eagle. \ KO-INGA. Little Thunder. \ OP-PO-HOM-MON-NE. \ E'EN-BRICK-TO.

    u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: (1) In-shta man-the, "Iron Eyes" (of an elk), \ Eye iron \ of the Ho-ma or Elk gens. (?) \ (2) Un-pe-kha ma-nyi (as in No. 7.) \ (3) I-prin-khtu, (as in No.7.) \ (4) K'o ing- , "Young Thunder" (?); \ Sound of )small \ not in Thunder-bird, but real Thunder \ (mimetic word).

    c.l. in graphite: neg. 3889-a \ neg. (?) [crossed out]

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.2778

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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