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Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctor's Robe

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1016

Scope and Contents

Portraits of three men. Three full length figures - center man is wearing elaborate decorated robe with feather headdress holding a lance, man on right wearing painted robe with small feather headdress, man on left wearing elaborate painted robe with feather. headdress. Catlin cat. (1871) #215.

Dates

  • 1853-1870

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Born in: Wilkes-Barre, PA; Died in: Jersey City, NJ.Active in: U.S.; Europe. Catlin's 1840s and 1850s portraits and paintings of Indian and western culture are important documents in American history, anthropology, and art.

Extent

1 Object : painting : oil on paper

Language of Materials

English

Condition

Fair (4).

Related Materials

Negative #2A18676; 4"x5" slide #4065; 35mm slide #0.

Exhibition Note

10/16/1958 - 10/31/1958 "George Catlin." Kennedy Galleries.

Local Note

A-159.

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Sponsor
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017).

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

Contact:
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