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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, plates 173 - 179, no. 306 - no. 312. Images no. 306 and 307 show Crow robe displaying war-chief's exploits; image 308 and 309 show Pawnee robes displaying medicine-men; image no. 310 shows Chippeway song drawn on piece of birch bark used in preparation for medicine-hunt; image no. 311 shows various symbolic writings and totems author found on rocks and trees; and, image no. 312 shows a Mandan robe with sun painted in center. View 1 (2010-6747GEN). Image 306 -- view 2 (2010-6748GEN). Image 307 -- view 3 (2010-6749GEN). Image no. 308 -- view 4 (2010-6750GEN). Image no. 309 -- view 5 (2010-6751GEN). Image no. 310 -- view 6 (2010-6752GEN). Image no. 311 -- view 7 (2010-6753GEN). Image no. 312.
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
7 prints (7 pages) : lithograph, col. ; images 6 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. on page 9 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001485827CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Indians of North America--United States--Pictorial works Picture-writing, Indian--Pictorial works Hieroglyphics Prints Lithographs
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