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Standing Bear or Ma-Chu-Nu-Zhe

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893)

Object Details

  • Date

    Nov. 14, 1877

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Dimensions

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

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.c. in image: MA-CHU-NU-ZHE OR STANDING BEAR

    Mount Veso:

    u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 1083. MA-CHU-NU-ZHE. Standing Bear. PONCA. \ Age, 51 years; height, 5 feet 10 1/4 inches; circumfer- \ ence of head, 23 inches; circumference of chest, 40 \ inches.

    u.l. to u.r. printed on paper label: Man-chu na-zhin \ Grizzly Standing \ Standing Grizzly bear, famous for figuring in \ the habeas corpus case before Judge Dundy in 1879, \ with Poppleton and Webster as volunteer counsel. one \ of the 2 chiefs of the Wa-zha-zhe (Osage and Reptile) \ gens, rival of Standing Buffalo and White Eagle. \ Husband of Susette Primeau (a niece of Lone Chief), \ and father of Wa-dha-hu-tan or John Johns (No. )

    c. in graphite: 979. \ Neg. No. 4174

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.2934

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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