Mah-tahp-ta-ha (He Who Rushes through the Middle), (painting)

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Notes: Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 31C; Mandan. Cartoon No. 31. a.--Seehk-he-de (The Mouse-Colored Feather). b.--Un-ka-ka-hon-she-kaw (The Long Finger-nails). c.--Mah-tahp-ta-ha (He who Rushes through the Middle). Three young warriors, painted and equipped for war; their long hair falling over their shoulders and backs, filled at intervals with red ochre and glue--a mode peculiar to the Mandans. 1832. [P. 13; see entries 05690100 and 05690101 for other works noted in this commentary.]; Catalogue Descriptive and Instructive of Catlin's Indian Cartoons. Portraits, Types, and Customs. 600 Paintings in Oil, with 20,000 full length figures illustrating their various Games, Religious Ceremonies, and other Customs, and 27 Canvas Paintings of Lasalle's Discoveries. New York: Baker & Godwin, Printers, Printing-House Square, 1871.