Mándeh Páhchu, a Young Mandan Indian, plate 24 from Volume 1 of 'Travels in the Interior of North America' 1843

"Mándeh Páhchu, a Young Mandan Indian" is a lithograph created by Karl Bodmer in 1843. It is plate 24 from Volume 1 of 'Travels in the Interior of North America,' a collection of lithographs that document Bodmer's expedition with Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied through the American West. The artwork depicts a portrait of a Mandan man wearing traditional attire, including a fur robe, beaded necklaces, and a feathered headdress. The work exemplifies the Romanticism movement, which emphasized nature and the beauty of the individual. It is a significant piece of artistic documentation of Native American culture and the history of the American West.