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A Mandan Chief: Hanatahnumauh (The Wolf Chief)
Artist
John Caspar Wild
(American, b. Switzerland, 1804 - 1846)
Date1843
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall Inches: image: 7 1/8 x 5 1/16 inches, sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/16 inches; Overall Centimeters: image: 18.1 x 12.9 cm, sheet: 19.1 x 13.2 cm
Credit LineThe John Driscoll American Drawings Collection
Object number2018.211
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameDrawing
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Signedverso, bottom left: C Wild / June 1843
Inscribedverso, bottom right: Hanatahnumauh (the wolf chief / A Mandan chief.