Mehkskeme-Sukahs. Blackfoot-chief. Tátsicki Stomick. Piëkann Chief

by Karl Bodmer

$2,400 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine half-length double portrait by Bodmer of two Blackfoot chiefs: Prince Maximilian referred to Mehkskéhme-Sukáhs `Iron Shirt' as the most distinguished of the several chiefs who gathered to welcome the arrival of the keelboat Flora at Fort McKenzie on 9 August 1833. At the time he was wearing a lace-trimmed scarlet uniform obtained from the British traders as a gift. He posed for this portrait on August 11th wearing a hide shirt decorated with otter fur, beadwork and metal

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