Omaha Man

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Omaha Man

Date

May 12, 1834

Dimensions

12 11/16 × 10 1/8 in. (32.2 × 25.7 cm)

Medium

Wash and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.237

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

On the return downriver in May of 1834 Maximilian's party again stopped at Cabanne's trading post, which had since been taken over by Joshua Pilcher. Several Otos, Omahas, Missouris, and Iowas had come to the post to do business that day, and Bodmer paused to sketch this Omaha man. The short-clipped hair and plain everyday robes of many of these people, commented on by Maximilian, must have presented a sharp contrast to the finery of the Indians upstream, who had posed in their best attire.

References in Journal

May 12, 1833

Labels:

genre, portrait , Bellevue, Nebraska

Approximate Depicted Location:

Cabanne's trading post, Omaha, Nebraska