Buffalo Bill Handsomest Indian Maiden He Nu Kaw circa 1880
by Peter Ogden
Title
Buffalo Bill Handsomest Indian Maiden He Nu Kaw circa 1880
Artist
Peter Ogden
Medium
Painting - Chromolithograph
Description
This is a restored copy of a chromolithograph poster for the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West show theatrical poster portraying He Nu Kaw ["the first born"]; "The Handsomest Indian Maiden in the World." This promotional poster was printed circa 1880 by W.J. Morgan & Company, Lithographers [The Morgan Lithograph Company], Chicago. This poster depicts a beautiful young Native American woman dressed in idealized traditional Native American clothing wearing a small headdress and holding an archer's bow as she carries a quiver of arrows slung over her back.
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May 23rd, 2020
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