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Pehriska-Ruhpa, Mœnnitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Danse (Tableau 23)
After Karl Bodmer Swiss
Engraved by Louis René Lucien Rollet French
Not on view
Maximilian’s published travelogue (displayed nearby) was accompanied by a separate pictorial atlas with forty-eight "tableaux" based on Bodmer’s field watercolors. Of the aquatints, this image of Péhriska-Rúhpa (Two Ravens) performing the Hidatsa Dog Society dance was published particularly widely, captivating European audiences. Through the replicative print medium, viewers by extension shared the access granted to Bodmer and Maximilian to observe Native ceremonies and rituals such as the one they witnessed at Fort Clark in March 1834. This aquatint differs from the watercolor (displayed nearby) in the facial expression and dynamic forward lean of the figure. Here, Péhriska-Rúhpa appears full-length and with a palpable sense of motion suggested by the beaded stick with fluttering feather and a rattle of small hooves.
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