Plate No 83 WA-KAWN 1872 Octavo McKenney & Hall History of Indian Tribes

Description: WA-KAWN, A WINNEBAGO CHIEF No. 83 RICE, RUTTER & CO Publishers This image from Vol. II of the 1872 Octavo edition will also include the biography pages from the text. WAKAWN, the Snake, was a war-chief of the Winnebagoes. He is portrayed in traditional costume with a bare chest with a variety of neck ornaments and arm bands with a cloth drape around his abdomen. His hair is pulled back and accented with feathers and he is wearing a painted snake on his face. There is some age related toning and a little staining in the lower right corner, with a couple of small spots above the image. Please refer to photos for more details on the condition. Hand colored lithograph color plates were by Henry Inman based on paintings by Charles Bird King, James Otto Lewis, and Peter Rindisbacher. Most of the original paintings were destroyed in a fire and the Henry Inman lithographs preserve the images. This image is from the 1872 octavo edition of: HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND ANECDOTES OF THE PRINCIPAL CHIEFS EMBELLISHED WITH One Hundred Portraits from the Indian Gallery IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT AT WASHINGTON BY THOMAS L. McKENNEY, Late of the Indian Department, Washington, In Two Volumes VOL. II PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY D. RICE & CO. 508 MINOR STREET. 1872 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by RICE, RUTTER & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. CAXTON PRESS OF SHERMAN & CO., PHILADELPHIA.

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