Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
She has long dark hair, and is fully dressed. Her ears are not mutilated except for piercing for small silver earring. Inscribed by St Memin "Femme Indienne des Iowas des Missouri." (Lower left hand corner - indistinct).
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.3924 B
General:
Identified as Yellow Corn, wife of Mandan Chief Sheheke, by Ellen G. Miles in Saint-Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America (1994). Although she is identified as an Indian girl of the Iowas of the Missouri in the inscription, the watercolor referenced below was inscribed "Mandan Queen."
Local Note:
There is also a watercolor of this subject, by St Memin, once owned by Luke Vincent Lockwood. The portrait is the same. See New York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, April 1928 - Figure 11, and "The St Memin Indian Portraits," by Luke Vincent Lockwood, Member American Antiquarian Society. (Figure 10). The watercolor is now at the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art.
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
Credit to be given to the New York Historical Society if published. See correspondence Smithsonian Institution Files, 6/4/24.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
He wears his hair banged and long behind, his ear is mutilated and the earring is a silver wheel. Inscribed in St Memin's handwriting"Indien des Iowas des Missouri."
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.3924 C
General:
Identified as Mandan Chief Shahaka by Ellen G. Miles in Saint-Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America (1994). Although he is identified as an Indian of the Iowas of the Missouri in the inscription, the watercolor referenced below is inscribed "Mandan King."
Local Note:
A watercolor of this subject, also by St Memin, was once owned by Luke Vincent Lockwood. The portrait is the same with the exception of the dress, the watercolor showing only a portion of a buffalo skin over one shoulder. See New York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, April 1928 - Figure 9, and "The St Memin Indian Portraits," by Luke Vincent Lockwood, Member American Antiquarian Society. (Figure 8). The watercolor is now at the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art.
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
Credit to be given to the New York Historical Society if published. See correspondence Smithsonian Institution Files, 6/4/24.
George Catlin collection from the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, 1840-1860. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
