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Indians Hunting the Bison
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Indians Hunting the Bison

Artist/Maker Karl Bodmer Switzerland, 1809 - 1893
Datec. 1837
MediumHand-colored aquatint; etching; stipple
Dimensionsimage: 11 3/4 × 17 1/4 in. (29.8 × 43.8 cm) frame: 23 1/8 × 26 7/8 in. (58.7 × 68.3 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1996.006
ClassificationsPrint
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DescriptionMounted American Indians, the central figure with bow and arrow, within a herd of bison in a barren, hilly landscape. First state