No. 04: Hos-ta (The Lightning), Governor of the Pueblo of Jemez

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University - Richard H. Kern and Edward Meyer Kern Illustrations of the American Southwest

About

Subject

Jemez
Indigenous men
Indigenous leadership

Description

A watercolor drawing on medium-weight paper by Richard H. Kern depicting Hosta, the civil governor of Jemez Pueblo in 1849. This full-body portrait shows Hosta in an outfit that is predominantly red with black accents while equipped with a feather-trimmed shield, a bow, and some arrows.

Creator

Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853

Date

1849-08-20

Location Covered

Jemez Pueblo (N.M.)

Type

Image

Original Format

Drawings

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Source

ANSP-Coll-0146, Box 1, Folder 2

Identifier

ansp_146_26165_004

Notes

Cataloging made possible by The Getty Grant Program.

Relation

Richard H. Kern and Edward Meyer Kern Illustrations of the American Southwest

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Contributing Institution

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.