Meach -o shin -gaw, the Little White Bear, a Konza warrior
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Item data
Title
Meach -o shin -gaw, the Little White Bear, a Konza warrior
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Indians -- North America -- Plains -- 1800s
Names
Catlin, George, 1796-1872 (Artist)
Harris, J. (Etcher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1855
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC INDIA-Nor-P 18
Subjects
Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Indians of North America -- Men -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Body painting -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Warriors -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Little White Bear
Kansa Indians -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Knives -- 1800-1899
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: "Dr. Prichard's natural history of man." "Plate LII." "Page 547." "London & New York, H. Bailliére, 1855."--printed on border.
Source Note: Natural history of man. Bailliere, 1855) Prichard, James Cowles (1786-1848), Author.
Physical Description
Aquatints
Etching and aquatint with hand coloring.
Extent: 1 print : col. ; 24 x 14 cm. (9 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17620573
Barcode: 33333159347919
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f27c2840-c554-012f-182b-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1855
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Meach -o shin -gaw, the Little White Bear, a Konza warrior" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1855. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f27c2840-c554-012f-182b-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1855). Meach -o shin -gaw, the Little White Bear, a Konza warrior Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f27c2840-c554-012f-182b-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Meach -o shin -gaw, the Little White Bear, a Konza warrior" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f27c2840-c554-012f-182b-58d385a7bc34
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