Two Bannock girls in front of teepee. "Bannock Girls
Collection place:
Bannock County, Idaho
Culture or time period:
Bannock
Maker or artist:
Billey Paddy
Collection date:
April 1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drawings (visual works)
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
height 26.7 centimeters and width 20.5 centimeters
Title:
untitled (Title Subject)
Comment:
Malheur Paiute; by Billey Paddy, son of the late subchief Joe Paddy; Billey Paddy's name "Naiyaba" means "One who has hallucinations of sight." According to note on reverse of drawing, Billey Paddy visited Fort Hall, the Bannock Reservation, and "the picture represents his ideas of the Bannock women.