White Breast, A Chief

Unknown

Date

ca. 1880-1890
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 5 5/16 x 3 11/16 in.
Sheet: 7 7/16 x 5 in.
Mount: 8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: Mank-ska-ka.
l.r. in image: Winnebago.10
Mount Verso:
u.c. printed on paper label: Wa-mank ska-ka, white Breast, a chief. \ He gave up his own son and son-in-law to justice, \ and they were committed to the Nebraska peniten- \ tiary. White Breast had many friends among the \ white people on the Omaha and Winnebago reserva- \ tions when Dorsey was in Nebraska (1878-1880) \ [in graphite] 1059.
c. in graphite: Neg. No. 3773
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.2419
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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