Standing Bear or Ma-Chu-Nu-Zhe

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Date

Nov. 14, 1877
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

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

Recto:
l.c. in image: MA-CHU-NU-ZHE OR STANDING BEAR
Mount Veso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 1083. MA-CHU-NU-ZHE. Standing Bear. PONCA. \ Age, 51 years; height, 5 feet 10 1/4 inches; circumfer- \ ence of head, 23 inches; circumference of chest, 40 \ inches.
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Man-chu na-zhin \ Grizzly Standing \ Standing Grizzly bear, famous for figuring in \ the habeas corpus case before Judge Dundy in 1879, \ with Poppleton and Webster as volunteer counsel. one \ of the 2 chiefs of the Wa-zha-zhe (Osage and Reptile) \ gens, rival of Standing Buffalo and White Eagle. \ Husband of Susette Primeau (a niece of Lone Chief), \ and father of Wa-dha-hu-tan or John Johns (No. )
c. in graphite: 979. \ Neg. No. 4174
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.2934
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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