Detail View: George Catlin: The Printed Works: Buffalo Dance, Mandan

Work Record ID: 
55
Reproduction Record ID: 
55
Work Class: 
scenes (depictions)
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians.
Title Type: 
collective title
Title: 
Buffalo Dance, Mandan
Title Type: 
preferred title
Measurements: 
4.85 x 7.175 in (12.32 x 18.22 cm)
Measurement Type: 
dimensions
Material: 
paper (fiber product)
Material Type: 
support
Technique: 
chromolithograph
Creator: 
Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Creator Dates: 
1796-1872
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Type: 
personal name
Creator Role: 
painter
Date: 
1841
Date: 
1892
Date Type: 
facsimile
Location: 
Mandan Village (N.D.)
Location Type: 
creation site
Repository: 
Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Repository Type: 
current repository
ID Number: 
ARB RB E77.C4 v.1
ID Number Type: 
call number
ID Number: 
56
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
440
ID Number Type: 
standard number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Mandan (Numakaki)
Subject: 
Lances
Subject: 
Trade bead necklaces
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Tobacco-pipes
Subject: 
Arrows
Subject: 
Bows (Weapons)
Subject: 
Bracelets
Subject: 
Breechcloths
Subject: 
Body painting
Subject: 
Shields
Subject: 
Masks
Subject: 
Pipe tomahawks
Subject: 
Anklets (Ornaments)
Subject: 
Ball head clubs
Subject: 
Buffalo dance (Mandan)
Related Work: 
Catlin, George, 1796-1872. The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. London: Published by the Author, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1841. [1892]
Relation Type: 
larger entity
Description: 
Described in Vol. I, pp. 127-128. Caption from Truettner catalog of Catlin's Indian Gallery. Entry from Catlin's 1848 catalog reads, "Buffalo Dance, Mandans, with the mask of the buffalo on. Danced to make buffalo come, when they are like to starve for want of food. Song to the Great Spirit, imploring him to send them buffalo, and they will cook the best of it for him." Originally sketched in 1832 and probably painted in the period 1835-1837 (Truettner, 1979, p. 269). See also plate 8 in Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio.
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c)University of Cincinnati Digital Press 1997
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