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Art of the American West: Mandan Photographs

The Mandan of the upper Missouri, painted by Catlin in 1832 shortly before the smallpox epidemic of 1837-38 devastated their villages.

Mandan War Chief with His Favorite Wife, 1861

Mandan War Chief with His Favorite Wife

1861

Three Mandan Warriors Armed for War, 1861

Three Mandan Warriors Armed for War

1861

Four Mandan Warriors, a Girl, and a Boy, 1861

Four Mandan Warriors, a Girl, and a Boy

1861

Mandan Civil Chief, His Wife, and Child, 1861

Mandan Civil Chief, His Wife, and Child

1861

Mandan Village - A Distant View, 1861

Mandan Village - A Distant View

1861

Catlin Feasted by the Mandan Chief, 1861

Catlin Feasted by the Mandan Chief

1861

Buffalo Dance - Mandan, 1861

Buffalo Dance - Mandan

1861

Game of the Arrow - Mandan, 1861

Game of the Arrow - Mandan

1861

A Foot War Party in Council - Mandan, 1861

A Foot War Party in Council - Mandan

1861

A Mandan Medicine Man, 1861

A Mandan Medicine Man

1861

Facsimile of the Robe of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan, 1861

Facsimile of the Robe of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan

1861

Mandan Ceremony - The Water Sinks Down, 1861

Mandan Ceremony - The Water Sinks Down

1861

Catlin Painting the Portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan, 1861

Catlin Painting the Portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan

1861

Facsimile of Chief Four Men's Robe - Mandan, 1861

Facsimile of Chief Four Men's Robe - Mandan

1861

Facsimile of a Mandan Robe, 1861

Facsimile of a Mandan Robe

1861

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Public-domain archive. All works sourced from the National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art.