Paha-Uza-Tanka

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Portrait of Paha-uza-tanka, 1862

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Identifier: 1998.004.11

Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Paha-uza-tanka (English name: The Great Scalp-taker), pictured seated, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a cap with 16 feathers. The number of feathers in his headdress alledgedly denotes the number of scalps taken.

Dates: 1862

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Roger Blais collection of Sioux Uprising of 1862 photographs

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