Amon Carter print details

Satanta or White Bear

William Stinson Soule (1836-1908)

Object Details

  • Date

    1870, printed after 1870

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin or collodion silver print

  • Dimensions

    6 5/16 x 4 1/4 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Verso:

    u.l. in graphite: 2 1/8 x 3 \ 64 [encircled in red pencil] \ head same \ size as other ovals

    u.c. [stamp]: 43990 \ BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY

    c. in graphite: 4196 \ Kiowa tribe \ SET-TAINTE (SANTANTA) \ or White Bear \ Photo by \ Soule 1870 [crossed through]

    l.c. typed in blue ink: 109 [crossed out] in graphite 64 \ [typed] SET-T'AINTE (SANTANTA) or WHITE \ BEAR Famous Kiowa chief who is \ said to have sounded the bugle \ calls on the Indian side at \ Adobe Walls (Photo by Soule, 1870 \ Courtesy of [crossed out] Bureau of American \ Ethnology)

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.1938

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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