Pehriska-Ruhpa, Moennitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Dance
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Pehriska-Ruhpa, Moennitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Dance

Pehriska-Ruhpa, Moennitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Dance

Karl Bodmer • 1834
Medium Hand-colored aquatint engraving
Current Location Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Scene Depicted Hidatsa Village, near Washburn, North Dakota

Full-length portrait of Pehriska-Ruhpa (Two Ravens), chief of the Hidatsa, in full Dog Dance regalia. One of the most iconic images of a Plains Indian warrior, showing elaborate feathered headdress and body paint. The Hidatsa were neighbors to the Mandan, whom Lewis and Clark visited in 1804–05.

Scene Location

Hidatsa Village, near Washburn, North Dakota

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