| Contributor |
Baillière, Hippolyte, publisher. |
|
Catlin, George, 1796-1892, artist. |
| Title |
Shakoka. |
| Alternate title |
The Mint, a Mandan girl. |
| Publisher |
London : H. Baillière. |
| Date |
1842. [i.e., 1843] |
| Physical description |
1 print : steel engraving (hand-colored) ; 20.9 x 12 cm. |
| Description |
Waist-length portrait of Shakoka, seated, wearing beaded necklaces and earrings. Her untied grey hair features prominently
in the portrait.
|
| Notes |
In Prichard, James Cowles. The natural history of man (London, 1843), plate following p. 402. |
|
"Dr. Prichard’s Natural History of Man”. |
|
The distinctive physical features of the Mandan Indians - such as the prevalence of grey hair and variety of skin tones within
the tribe - led Dr. James Prichard to include several of George Catlin’s portraits of Mandan Indians in his own anthropological
works.
|
| Genre |
Portraits prints -- 1840-1849. |
|
Engravings -- 1840-1849. |
| Subject |
Shakoka -- Portraits. |
|
Women. |
|
Indian women -- North America. |
|
Indians of North America. |
|
Mandan Indians. |
| Related resource |
http://www.librarycompany.org/extraordinarywoman/6.1.htm |
