Wi-cha wan-bdi, Human-male War-eagle

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Date

1867
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Contributors

Printed by A. Zeno Shindler
Dimensions

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

Recto:
l.l. in image: U. Yanktonai.6.
Mount Verso:
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: 292. WI-CHA-WANMBLE. Man who packs the Eagle. (Front.) \ CUT HEAD.
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Wi-cha wan-bdi, Human-male War-eagle (a com- \ posite being). \ (Wicha, a male of the human species, a man. \ wanbdi, Santee and Yankton dialects, a war \ eagle; wan-bli in the Teton dialect.)
u.c. in graphite: Neg. No. 3525
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3211
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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