People of the Osage Nation
People of the Osage Nation. Washingasbha, Black Bird or Black Spirit, Myhangah or Hawk Woman, wife of Kishagashugah, and Marchanthitahtoongah, Big Warrior or Big Tent. Part of a group of Osage who visited Paris in 1827. Wearing feathered head-scarves, face paint, necklaces, earrings, arm ornaments, one holding a weapon. Costume degli Osagi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Louis Boilly in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1837
Picture No
13134516
Media ID
45922298
Size
4471px x 7553px
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Credit
Florilegius
Source
Louis Boilly
