Mato-Tope, A Mandan Chief
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- Created Date
- 1836/1841?
- Description
Tableau 13 in atlas: Illustrations to Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America. Portrait of Mandan Chief, Mato-Tope or "Four Bears". He wears a shirt made of bighorn sheepskin, adorned with ermine tails, locks of hair, quillwork outlined in beads. He wears a large headdress with eagle feathers The red markings on his skin have been identified as old war wounds and the symbols on his shoulder represent brave deads. ...
- Creator
Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893
- Contributing Institution
- Newberry Library
- Subjects
- Indians of North America
Mandan Indians
Clothing and dress
Manners and customs
Indian beadwork
Headdresses - Location
- North America
- Type
- image
- Format
- AquatintsPortraitsWorks of art
- Language
- English, French, German
- Rights
- The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to the following terms and conditions: https://www.newberry.org/rights-and-reproductions
- Chicago citation style
- Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893. Mato-Tope, A Mandan Chief. 1836/1841?. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/1970. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893, (1836/1841?) Mato-Tope, A Mandan Chief. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/1970
- MLA citation style
- Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/1970>.