Photography -- Printing processes -- Albumen
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Portrait of Paha-uza-tanka
Digital Image
Identifier: 1998-004-11.jpg
Portrait of Paha-uza-tanka, 1862
Item
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