Mexkemahuastan, Chief of the Gros-Ventres of the Prairies.
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derivative of 1843 publication
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Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Hürlimann after Bodmer, blind stamp. Bodmer painted this portrait of Mexkemáuastan (`Stirring Iron'), a Gros Ventre chief and medicine man, in 1833.
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Aquatint with engraving on a 9 inch x 12 inch sheet covered by light vellum. Toned paper with blind frame.
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Native Americans, Plains Indians