Amon Carter print details

Red Ensign

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Object Details

  • Date

    before 1877

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

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

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.c. in image: Santee.2.

    Mount Recto:

    l.l. in ink: Wa-pa-ha \ Ensign

    l.c. in ink: Sha \ Red

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 203, 209. [209 crossed out] WA-PA-HA-SHA. Red Ensign. SANTEE.

    u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Wa-pa-ha Sha (Red Ensign) \ Popularly called "Wabashaw", is the \ hereditary name of the principal chief of \ the Santee, or Mde wakan tonwan Dakota. \ Before 1870, as stated by Mr. Hinman, \ Wa-pa-ha Sha abdicated his rights as \ Hereditary Head Chief, advocating and \ successfully establishing an Elective \ Chieftainship. From that period down \ to the present time all Santee Chiefs \ have been elected by the popular voice \ of the tribe. He was a man of great in- \ fluence in the tribe, and an active worker \ for the civilized methods of the white man.

    c. in graphite: 997 \ Neg. No. 3481

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.3193

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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