Amon Carter print details

Big Snake or Wase-A-Touga

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Object Details

  • Date

    Nov. 14, 1877

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.
    Mount: 8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. in image: WASE-A-TONGA, BIG SNAKE.

    l.c. in image: PONCA.13.

    Mount Veso:

    u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 1090. WASE-A-TOUGA. Big Snake. PONCA. \ Age, 45 years; height, 6 feet 1 1/4 inches; circumfer- \ ence of head, 24 1/2 inches; circumference of chest, 43 \ inches.

    u.c. printed on paper label: We-sa tan-ga or U-han-ge zhan \ Snake large (at) End he lay \ (A war name) Younger brother of \ Standing Bear of the Wazhazhe gens (No.6)

    c. in graphite: "986." \ Neg. No. 4178

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.2933

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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