Noápeh, An Assiniboin Indian; Psíhdjä-Sáhpa, A Yanktonan Indian

by Karl Bodmer

$2,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

An excellent half-length double portrait, composed by Bodmer from two portraits carried out in June 1833 and January 1834. Noápeh `Troop of Soldiers' , despite interruptions from his family, posed patiently for Bodmer at Fort Union and which allowed time for the details of the elaborate head-dress to be recorded: the projecting antelope horns have been cut and thinned and tipped with dyed horsehair. Between the horns is a crest of clipped feathers. The long fringe is made of leather,

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