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Gi-he-ga or Pe-dhan-ba, Seven

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)

Object Details

  • Date

    1868-1869

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 9/16 x 5 in.
    Mount: 8 1/2 x 5 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.r. in image: Omaha. 5

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. [typed on paper label]: 463. GI-HE-GA. Chief \ One of the nine chiefs who governed the tribe, holding \ their positions by hereditary descent.

    u.c. [typed on paper label]: Chief of the In-Ke Sa-Be \ or Black Shoulder (a buffalo) gens. \ of the Omaha. His gens kept the mys- \ terious or Sacred peace pipes. Ga-hi-ge, Chief, or Pe-dhan-ba, Seven \ was one of the best men of his people. \ He labored for the welfare of his tr \ tribe, and though one of the Chief's Party \ for years he favored a Compromise and was \ elected one of the new Chief's by the \ popular voice. He died a few years ago. \ The hand on his headress refers to an \ exploit in war.

    c. in graphite: Neg No 3930

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.3261

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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