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Portrait of Ma-za-oo-nie, The Little Bird Hunter
Portrait of Ma-za-oo-nie, The Little Bird Hunter
Object Number 2004.29.5768
Display Title Portrait of Ma-za-oo-nie, The Little Bird Hunter
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Sioux, Kaposia Division? / Gift of William A. Johnson."; printed on photograph: "Whitney, St. Paul. Ma-za-oo-nie, (The Little Bird Hunter.); Entered according to Act of Congress, by J.E. Whitney, in the year 1862, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for Minnesota. Whitney's Gallery, St. Paul."
Keywords
  • Proper Name
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Portrait
Department Photographic
Date 1862
Artist Whitney's Gallery
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms High plains;Kaposia division?
Materials Albumen print Carte-de-visit adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 x 8.89 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by William A. Johnson

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