Rant-Che-Wai-Me
Datec. 1850-55
Artist
Charles Bird King
(American painter, 1785–1862)
Printer/Printmaker
John T. Bowen
(British engraver, 1801–1856, active in Philadelphia)
Publisher
Rice, Rutter & Co.
(Philadelphia publisher, 19th century)
Illustration CitationThe History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall (Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter, & Co., 1865–1870).
MediumLithograph with hand coloring
Dimensionssheet: 10 3/8 × 6 7/16 in. (26.4 × 16.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary R. Seymour; Accessioned, 2019
Object number2019-39
On View
On viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextRant-Che-Wai-Me is one of the few women pictured in The History of the Indian Tribes of North America and information about her is not easy to find. Her name means Female Flying Pigeon.
