Sih-Chida and Mahchsi-Karehde, Mandan Indians

Travels in the interior of North America / by Maximilian, Prince of Wied; with numerous engravings on wood, and a large map; translated from the German, by H. Evans Lloyd: to accompany the original series of eighty-one elaborately-colored plates: size, imperial folio Tableau 20 in atlas: Illustrations to Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America. Portrait of Sih-Chida, "Yellow Feather" and Mahchsi-karehde, "Flying War Eagle". Sih-Chida, on the left, wears beaded hairbows with long strings of dentalium shells and beads. He wears a buffalo hide robe with large quilled rosettes, and an otter fur with fringed leather around his neck. His red "heal trailers" signify battle exploits and are made of otto fur lined with red cloth. Mahchsi-karehde, a member of the Soldier Society wears a painted robe with quilled rosettes, leggings and moccasins. He wears large shell or metal disc earrings and wolf tails on his heals which signify success in war. Both men wear hearbows and feather headdresses. Mahchsi-karehde wears a bearclaw necklace and carries an eagle-wing fan both which signify wealth and status. In 1836 Maximilian commissioned Bodmer to create illustrations to accompany the text of his atlas documenting their travels. These illustrations include 81 plates of aquatints. by Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893 London: Ackermann and Co. Illustrations to Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America