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Mah-To-Toh-Pa, The Mandan Chief
| Full-length portrait of Mah-To-Toh-Pa. He is holding a decorated spear. "In the former letter I gave some account of Mah-to-toh-pa (the four bears), second chief of the Mandans, whom I said I had painted at full length, in a splendid costume. I therein said, also, that this extraordinary man, though second in office, is undoubtedly the first and most popular man in the nation. Free, generous, elegant, and gentlemanly in his deportment; handsome, brave and valiant; wearing a robe on his back, with the history of all his battles painted on it, which would fill a book of themselves if they were properly enlarged and translated." (Plate 28) |
| Image ID: | 69159 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1844 |
| Creator Name: | Catlin, George |
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| Collection Name: | Rare Books |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | PH 348.28 (3) |
| Original Dimensions: | 12 x 17 inches |
| Catlin's North American Indian portfolio; hunting scenes and amusements of the Rocky Mountains and prairies of America . . . London, George Catlin [after 1844]. 31 hand-colored lithographs, in portfolio. Full-length portraits of Indians, Indian dances, games and buffalo and bear hunts. |
| Painting |
| Portraits |
| Clothing and dress |
| Mandan people |
| Weapons |
| Men |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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