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Ma-gha sha-pa, the Dark Goose

Unknown, Thomas Martin Easterly (1809-1882)

Object Details

  • Date

    before 1877

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 5 9/16 x 4 in.
    Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 in.
    Mount: 8 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.c. in image: Blackfeet.5.

    Mount Verso:

    u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Ma-gha sha-pa (Literally, the dark goose), the \ Goose dark common wild goose.

    u.c. printed on paper label: 920. MA-GA-SHA-PA. Goose. (Copy.) BLACKFEET. \ With the exception of the last two numbers the above rep- \ resent a portion of a delegation of prominent Sioux chiefs and \ warriors who visited Washington in 1872. The portraits were \ made in Washington, and represent them in their best attire.

    c. in graphite: 633. \ Neg. No. 3107

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.2811

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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