‘Sih-Chida & Mahchsi-Karehde’, Mandan Indians, in one of the colour plates produced by Karl Bodmer.
Karl Bodmer, a Swiss artist, was engaged by Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied to provide a pictorial record of his 1833-34 travels among the Indians of the Upper Missouri regions of North America.
The work that resulted after many years of effort by both men has come to be recognised as the most important depiction of the Indian tribes in the frontier era.