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. and Title devised by cataloger.
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 corner, a colonial port scene in the lower left corner, and cherubs holding a British crest and flag at the top. Corn and palm trees form the side borders
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 Treaty of Paris., No linguistic content., Title devised by cataloger., and Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger.
Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh collection of photographs and drawings of the Colorado River region.
Container / Volume:
Box 4 | Folder 149
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
A photograph of an interior with several painted boards with figures and geometric designs painted on them (cradle boards?).
Description:
Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, a member of John Wesley Powells second expedition down the Colorado River (1871-1873); author of the Romance of the Colorado River and A Canyon Voyage, and numerous other books.
"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 her is an oval shield on which are thirteen stars."(America) (toe) her (Miss)taken (Moth)er. (Yew) s(eye)lly (old woman) t(hat) (yew) have sent a (lure) (toe) us is very (plane) (toe) draw our at(ten)-t(eye)on from our re(awl) (eye)ntrests (butt) we are determ(eye)n'd (toe) ab(eye)de by our own ways of th(eye)nk(eye)ng (Ewer) [your] 5 (child)ren (yew) have sent (toe) us sh(awl) (bee) treated as V(eye)s(eye)tors, & safely sent home aga(eye)n (yew) may [? carved bracket] t them & adm(eye)re them, (butt) (yew) must (knot) (X)pect I of (ewer) (puppet)s w(eye)ll (comb) [come] home (toe) (yew) as sweet as (yew) sent h(eye)m, twas cruel toe send so pretty a (man) so many 1000 miles & (toe) have the fat(eye)gue of re[t](urn)ing back after (spike?)(eye)ng h(eye)s (coat) & d(eye)rt(eye)ng [dirting] t[hose] red (heel) (shoes) (eye)f (yew) are w(eyes) follow (ewer) own ad(vice) (yew) gave (toe) me take home ewer (ships) sold(eye)(ears) [soldiers] guard (well) (ewer) own tr(eye)fl(eye)(ling ?) [a fish]. & leave me (toe) my self as (eye) am at age (toe) know my own (eye)ntrests. w(eye)thout (ewer) (fool)(eye)sh ad(vice) & know t(hat) (eye) sh(awl) (awl)ways regard (yew) & my Brothers as relat(eye)ons (butt) (knot) as fr(eye)nds. (Eye) (am) (ewer) (grate)fy (eye)njured Daughter Amer(eye)k.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
America to her mistaken mother
Description:
Title from first line of text., A letter in form of rebus. The following words within title are represented by a rebus: America by a figure of an American Indian ; to by a toe ; 'mis' in 'mistaken' by an image of a girl ; 'moth' in 'mother' by an image of a moth., Reissue of a print originally published on 11 May 1778 by M. Darly. Cf. No. 5475 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below., and '9' in publication year erased and changed in contemporary hand to '8'.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Correspondence, and Hieroglyphics
Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh collection of photographs and drawings of the Colorado River region.
Container / Volume:
Box 4 | Folder 149
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
A photograph of 8 Native American men, the two at the center standing, the remainder seated outdoors.
Description:
Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, a member of John Wesley Powells second expedition down the Colorado River (1871-1873); author of the Romance of the Colorado River and A Canyon Voyage, and numerous other books.
Watercolor, oil and sepia paintings of Indians and western scenery, including one of William Drummond Stewart and Antoine Clement
Description:
WA MSS 341 container 1: empty album; container 2: paintings. WA MSS 342 container 1: unframed paintings; containers 2-3: framed paintings (numbers 14 and 15 on detailed list). and Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Laramie (Wyo.) and Wind River Range (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Clement, Antoine., Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874., and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 6-1871.
Subject (Topic):
Buffaloes, Chinook Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Nez Percé Indians, Pawnee Indians, Shoshonean Indians, Shoshoni Indians, and Siksika Indians
Watercolor, oil and sepia paintings of Indians and western scenery, including one of William Drummond Stewart and Antoine Clement
Description:
WA MSS 341 container 1: empty album; container 2: paintings. WA MSS 342 container 1: unframed paintings; containers 2-3: framed paintings (numbers 14 and 15 on detailed list). and Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Laramie (Wyo.) and Wind River Range (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Clement, Antoine., Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874., and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 6-1871.
Subject (Topic):
Buffaloes, Chinook Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Nez Percé Indians, Pawnee Indians, Shoshonean Indians, Shoshoni Indians, and Siksika Indians
Watercolor, oil and sepia paintings of Indians and western scenery, including one of William Drummond Stewart and Antoine Clement
Description:
WA MSS 341 container 1: empty album; container 2: paintings. WA MSS 342 container 1: unframed paintings; containers 2-3: framed paintings (numbers 14 and 15 on detailed list). and Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Laramie (Wyo.) and Wind River Range (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Clement, Antoine., Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874., and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 6-1871.
Subject (Topic):
Buffaloes, Chinook Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Nez Percé Indians, Pawnee Indians, Shoshonean Indians, Shoshoni Indians, and Siksika Indians
