Portrait of He Paints Himself Dark Like a Bear (Mathó Sabičeya)

Julian Vannerson (1827-after 1875), Samuel A. Cohner

Date

Spring 1858
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

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

Recto:
l.l. in image: Yankton.16.
Mount Recto:
l.l. to l.r. in ink: Ma-to Sab-i-tc'i-ye Grizzly Bear Blackens Himself \ (Smutty Bear).
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 238. MA-TO-SA-BI-CHA. Smutty Bear. YANKTON.
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Ma-to Sab-i-tci-ye Grizzly Bear Blackens Himself \ (Smutty Bear).
u.c. in graphite: Neg. No. 3565
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3225
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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