Charles Bird King, ME-TE-A, A POTTAWATOMIE CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, ca. 1838, hand-colored lithograph on paper, sheet:
19 5⁄8 x 13 1⁄2 in. (49.9 x 34.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1985.66.153,288
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- Title
- ME-TE‑A, A POTTAWATOMIE CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America
- Artist
- Copy after Charles Bird King
- Lithographer
- Printer
- I. T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment
- Publishers
- McKenney and Hall
- Date
- ca. 1838
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 19 5⁄8 x 13 1⁄2 in. (49.9 x 34.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase
- Mediums Description
- hand-colored lithograph on paper
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Portrait male — Kiss Me
- Portrait male — ME-TE‑A
- Indian — Potawatomi
- Dress — Indian dress
- Object Number
- 1985.66.153,288
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