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McKenney and Hall Indian Print
SHARITARISH, A Pawnee Chief
This McKenney and Hall print of a Pawnee chief
has a strong reddish hue from his headdress feathers and amulet chain and he has
a serious contemplative look about him. The matted print comes with a full
biography of Sharitarish and his ancenstors and tribe. Wikipedia has this
to say about the Pawnees:
The Pawnee (also Paneassa, Pari, Pariki) are a Native American
tribe that historically lived along the Platte, Loup and Republican Rivers in
present-day Nebraska. They refer to themselves as "Chaticks-si-Chaticks",
meaning "Men of men". In the 18th century they were allied with the French and
played an important role in limiting Spanish expansion onto the Great Plains
defeating them decisively in a battle in 1720.
Descended from Caddoan linguistic stock, the Pawnee are not typically known as
Plains Indians in the context of traditional representations; their villages
constructed of earthen lodges tended to be permanent. They were an agricultural
people who grew corn, beans, pumpkins and squash. With the coming of the horse
culture to the Great Plains they did begin to take on some of the cultural
attributes of their cousins, but the buffalo culture remained secondary to the
maize culture.
Below is the first page of the included
biography.
Below is how it the print looks shrink-wrapped
in a red mat that compliments the colors of the print.
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