Chan-Chä-Uiá-Te-Üinn, Lakota Sioux Woman

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Chan-Chä-Uiá-Te-Üinn, Lakota Sioux Woman

Date

June 1, 1833

Dimensions

17 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. (43.5 x 30.2 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.246

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The English meaning of the name of this Teton individual, "Woman of the Crow Nation," implies a former association or kinship with that tribe. Her portrait was painted at Fort Pierre on June 1. Chan-Chä-Uiá-Te-Üinn's dress is trimmed with blue and white beads and has a fringe of twisted metal cones at the hem. The cones or "tinklers" would make a musical sound as she walked. Over the dress she wears a painted summer robe, a buffalo hide with the hair removed to make it lighter in weight. The colorful pattern on the robe, an elaborate combination of geometric motifs, is called a box and border style. Box and border robes were popular on the central Plains, particularly among the Sioux. They are also frequently called "women's robes" and were indeed commonly worn by women. However, Bodmer depicted an Assiniboine man wearing a robe with a markedly similar design (Image 1986.49.257).

References in Journal

June 1, 1833

Labels:

genre, portrait

Approximate Depicted Location:

Fort Pierre, South Dakota