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Title
[Chippewa man and woman]
Creator
Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Date Created and/or Issued
1848
Publication Information
London : Henry G. Bohn
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Plates in: Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : in a series of letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing. : with three hundred and sixty engravings, from the author's original paintings / by Geo. Catlin, Vol. 2, plate 139, no. 244 - no. 245.
Image no. 244 shows Ot-ta-wa (the otaway) with pipe; and, image no. 245 shows Ju-ah-kis-gaw, woman with child in cradleboard. Hanging over child is ni-ahkust-ahg (or umbilicus) as supernatural protector.
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Type
image
Format
Pictorial works.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 prints (1 page) : lithograph, col. ; images 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. on page 9 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001485559CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Indians of North America--Minnesota--Pictorial works
Ojibwa Indians--Pictorial works
Indian women--Minnesota--Pictorial works
Indian children--Minnesota--Pictorial works
Cradleboards--Minnesota
Pipes (Smoking)
Prints
Lithographs
Place
Minnesota

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