Existing comment:
After Karl Bodmer, Narciso Edmundo Jose Desmadryl, engraver
Interior of a Hut of a Mandan Chief
1841
hand-colored aquatint
In a sign of respect, the Mandan tribal elder Dipäuch invited Prince Maximilian and Bodmer into his lodge. Over the winter of 1833–34 he described Mandan ceremonies and lifeways. Prince Max recorded a history of the tribe, including a vocabulary, which is still among the most detailed written records of the Mandan. In 1837 a smallpox epidemic nearly wiped out the Mandan, making Prince Max and Catlin's notes and paintings important firsthand accounts of Mandan culture.
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, Gift of the Enron Art Foundation, 1986.49.542.19 |