Title
Portrait of 'Red Indian' Beautiful Hill with her son
Caption
Beautiful Hill (Va-shesh-na-bé), from the Omaha Tribe.
She's 35 and is the daughter of a famous Chief called Big-Eye (Inshta-Tanga). She's married to Village-Maker.
On the photograph, her son of 5 is posing: he has no name (according to the Indian tradition). He will have one when he is 12 years-old.
Photograph in: "Collection anthropologique du prince Roland Bonaparte : Peaux-rouges" ('Anthropological collection of Roland Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano: Red Indians')
Info+
Photograph taken in the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris.
The 19 Red Indians that were exhibited at the Jardin d'Acclimatation in November 1883 were part of the Omaha tribe. They were 1121 when Roland Bonaparte photographied them. The members of the tribe used to live in the United-States and their territory was located on the East side of the Missouri (Nebraska), between Sioux-City and Omaha.
Date
1883
Credit line
Photo12/Cabinet Revel
Reference
REV11A00_078
License type
Rights managed
Available size
26,0Mb (1013,1Kb) / 8,6in x 11,8in / 2568 x 3543 (300dpi)