Red Legs or Hu sa-sa

A. Zeno Shindler (1823-1899)

Date

1867
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 4 5/8 x 3 5/16 in.
Sheet: 7 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. in image: Santee.13.
Mount Recto:
l.l. in red ink: Hu Sha-sha \ Leg Red red
l.c. to l.r. in red ink: (reduplication of the word Red idicates [sic] more \ than one leg red)
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 215. HU-SHA-SHA. Red Legs. SANTEE.
u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: 215- \ Hu- Sha-sha \ Leg Red red \ (reduplication of the word Red indicates \ more than one leg red) Hu-Sha-sha Red legs \ was in 1871, according to Rev. J. Owen Dorsey, \ Head Chief of the Was-shpe-kute (shooters among \ the leaves "deciduous trees" a tribe of the Damota or Sioux (see p.258 of the Social \ Organization of the Siouan Tribes, \ by J. Owen Dorsey.
c. in graphite: 1009. \ Neg. No. 3466
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.3182
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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