Chart of head and face masks used in Navaho ceremonies; it is based on the images on plates in Berard Haile. Head and face masks in Navaho ceremonialism (St. Michaels, Ariz.: St. Michaels Press, 1947).
Description:
On sheet: This chart illustrates combinations of masks used in Nightway ceremonies. Consult Haile. Navajo head and face masks in Navajo ceremonialism. St. Michaels, Arizona. 1947.
Publisher:
St. Michael's Press
Subject (Geographic):
Southwest, New
Subject (Topic):
Night Chant (Navajo rite), Navajo masks, Navajo Indians, Rites and ceremonies, Medicine, and Indians of North America
Drawing in red chalk on hand-ruled paper by an unidentified artist, of the decorative cartouche for John Mitchell's Map of the British and French dominions in North America. Represented in the drawing are two Native American figures in the lower right...
Description:
John Mitchell (1711-1768), was a British botanist, physician, and cartographer. He created A Map of the British and French dominions in North America (London: Andrew Millar, 1755), also known as the Mitchell Map, later used in negotiating the 1783 Tre...
"A 'hieroglyphic letter' or rebus in answer to the foregoing. America (l.), as a Red Indian woman, seated and leaning to the left.; she holds a flag with thirteen vertical stripes in her left hand, in her right. she holds out a fleur-de-lys. Beside he...
Alternative Title:
America to her mistaken mother
Description:
Title from first line of text.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Correspondence, and Hieroglyphics
Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926, artist
Published / Created:
[not before 1901]
Call Number:
BrSides Zc12 901ru
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Reproduction of the 1901 painting by Charles M. Russell; depicts a group of Native Americans moving camp; women with children on horseback pulling travois from left to right
Description:
BEIN Broadsides Zc12 901ru: On sheet 22.1 x 29.6 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Travois, Indian women, and Indians of North America
Watercolor paintings and pencil sketches of Alaska created by Vincent Colyer in September-October 1869, which accompanied his report on Alaska native populations to the United States Board of Indian Commissioners. Images depict settlements, buildings...
Description:
Landscape painter Vincent Colyer (1825-1888), was an artist and United States government official. He created images of the American West, especially American Indian subjects, landscapes, and botanical specimens. In 1869 he visited Alaska on behalf ...
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, Baranof Island (Alaska), Belkofski (Alaska), Chirikof Island (Alaska), Isanotski Peaks (Alaska), Ketchikan (Alaska), Kodiak (Alaska), Kodiak Island (Alaska), Mount Edgecumbe (Alaska), Revillagigedo Island (Alaska), Roundtop (Alaska), Saint Paul Island (Alaska), Sanak Islands (Alaska), Shishaldin, Mount (Alaska), Sitka (Alaska), Unalaska Island (Alaska), Unga Island (Alaska), Unimak Island (Alaska), and Wrangell Island
Subject (Name):
Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich, 1745-1819, Colyer, Vincent, 1825-1888., Holy Ascension Orthodox Church (Unalaska, Alaska), Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church (Kodiak, Alaska), Niagara (Steam frigate), Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡, St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska), and United States. Board of Indian Commissioners.
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Pictorial works, Indians of North America, Sepulchral monuments, and Tlingit Indians
Watercolor paintings and pencil sketches of Alaska created by Vincent Colyer in September-October 1869, which accompanied his report on Alaska native populations to the United States Board of Indian Commissioners. Images depict settlements, buildings...
Description:
Landscape painter Vincent Colyer (1825-1888), was an artist and United States government official. He created images of the American West, especially American Indian subjects, landscapes, and botanical specimens. In 1869 he visited Alaska on behalf ...
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, Baranof Island (Alaska), Belkofski (Alaska), Chirikof Island (Alaska), Isanotski Peaks (Alaska), Ketchikan (Alaska), Kodiak (Alaska), Kodiak Island (Alaska), Mount Edgecumbe (Alaska), Revillagigedo Island (Alaska), Roundtop (Alaska), Saint Paul Island (Alaska), Sanak Islands (Alaska), Shishaldin, Mount (Alaska), Sitka (Alaska), Unalaska Island (Alaska), Unga Island (Alaska), Unimak Island (Alaska), and Wrangell Island
Subject (Name):
Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich, 1745-1819, Colyer, Vincent, 1825-1888., Holy Ascension Orthodox Church (Unalaska, Alaska), Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church (Kodiak, Alaska), Niagara (Steam frigate), Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡, St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska), and United States. Board of Indian Commissioners.
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Pictorial works, Indians of North America, Sepulchral monuments, and Tlingit Indians
