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Mi-wa-kan yu-ha-la, He Who Has a Sword, also Captain George Sword

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Object Details

  • Date

    1875-1877

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 7/16 x 5 in.
    Mount: 8 7/16 x 6 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. in image: Ogalala.30.

    Mount Recto:

    l.l. to l.c. in ink: Mi-wa-kan yu-ha-la, \ Sword He has (diminutive)

    l.c. to l.r. in ink: He who Has a Sword.

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 881. MA-WA-KA-YU-NA. Sword. OGALALLA.

    u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Mi-wa-kan yu-ha-la, He who has a sword. The -la \ is a Teton ending with a diminutive [underlined] force; not \ not translated. This is a photo of the famous Capt. \ George Sword, taken while he was still a full \ Indian, about the year 1880. \ [in graphite] LISTED PRIOR TO 1877

    u.c. in graphite: 845 \ Neg. No. 3201.3

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.3117

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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