Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Interesting mounted b/w albumen photograph depicting an Apache Indian woman with her nose cut off. Titled “The Adultress”.This is an Apache woman who had her nose cut off for committing adultery. The earliest mention of Native American women having their noses cut off for adultery is in a memoir by Alexander Maximilian, a Prussian prince, naturalist and ethnographer who explored the Great Plains in the 1830s. He said this about the men of the Blackfeet tribe: “They generally punish infidelity in their wives very seriously, cutting off their noses in such cases; and we saw, about Fort McKenzie, a great many of these poor creatures horribly disfigured. When ten or twelve tents were together, we were sure to see six or seven women mutilated in this manner. The husband also cuts off the hair by way of punishment. 5” x 7” overall. The image is fading but still okay. One small spot of image loss just above her head. Holed in the mount. See scans.
Price: 308 USD
Location: Tempe, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-15T04:13:04.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Photograph
Format: Cabinet Card
Autograph Format: Cut
Theme: Native American
Image Color: Sepia
Featured Person/Artist: Adultress
Production Technique: Albumen Print
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Women, Native American
