People of the Osage Nation. Washingasbha, Black Bird or Black Spirit, Myhangah or Hawk Woman, wife of Kishagashugah, and Marchanthitahtoongah, Big Warrior or Big Tent. Part of a group of Osage who visited Paris in 1827. Wearing feathered head-scarves, face paint, necklaces, earrings, arm ornaments, one holding a weapon. Costume degli Osagi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Louis Boilly in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1837.

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