Mohongo and Child

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Title

Mohongo and Child

Identifier

2947048

Description

This portrait of Mohongo and her baby show her from the waist up. She is wearing a red blouse with multiple strands of beads around her neck and several silverworks either pinned to her blouse or around her neck. Her baby son is holding a peace medal.

Creator

Charles Bird King

Date Created

1830

Source

Osage

Spatial Coverage

Sibley, MO

Abstract

This is the McKenney-Hall print from the painting by Charles Bird King. Mohongo was one of six Osage who had been shipped back from France when their sponsor deserted them there. The Osage had signed a treaty in 1808, which ceded much of their land in Missouri.

Medium

print

Coverage

39.18806, -94.19189 (N 39°11′17″ W 94°11′31)

Access Rights

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-189-104 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana. Copyright: Expired

Citation

Charles Bird King, “Mohongo and Child,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 30, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/90.