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Little Pipe, or Chief Ranunwe Huwe, also called Wa-Thock-A-Ruchy, One Who Eats His Food Raw

A. Zeno Shindler (1823-1899)

Object Details

  • Date

    1869

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

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

  • Inscriptions

    Mount Recto:

    l.l. in graphite: "484"

    l.r. in ink: Missouri 3,b

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 484-5. WA-THOCK-A-RUCHY. One who eats his Food Raw. \ His father was of the Bear band of Otoes, and his \ mother of the Eagle band of Misourias. He inherited \ a chieftaincy among the Missourias, and succeeded to \ that position upon the death of his uncle, White Water, \ in 1868, when he took the name of LOD-NOO-WAH-HOO- \ WA, or Pipe-Stem. Lacks force of character, but is of \ a mild disposition and well disposed. Is about 5 feet \ in height, and of a well-developed physical organiza- \ tion.

    u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Wa-tha-ke ru-che, Something Eaten Raw, i.e. \ (Watermelon) \ Of the Tu-nan-p'in or Bear gens. "White Water" \ is Ni ska. This is a name for the Arkansas \ River, too. "Pipe Stem" is Ra-nun-we hu-we.

    c. in graphite: Not entered in Cataloage [sic] \ Neg. No. 3817

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.2945

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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