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Photograph of Charles Banks Wilson's "Arkansea Indian (Quapaw) Circa 1700 with Calumets"

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Catalog Data

Artist:
Wilson, Charles Banks  Search this
Extent:
1 Copy print
Culture:
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this
Omaha  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Quapaw Indians  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy prints
Photographs
Drawings
Date:
circa 1986
Scope and Contents note:
A photograph of Charles Banks Wilson's pencil drawing depicting an eighteenth century Quapaw man holding two feathered pipes (calumets) and wearing body paint and a headdress. The drawing was based on research and model Ed Quapaw. The collection also includes two photocopies of drawings showing the bust of the oldest Omaha man (94 years old), his 76-year-old son, and the last chief of the Winnebagos linked by heredity to the post.
Biographical/Historical note:
Charles Banks Wilson (1918-2013) was a painter, printmaker, historian, and illustrator. Born in Springdale, Arkansas, his family eventually moved to Miami, Oklahoma, where he grew up. In 1985, the Smithsonian Institution exhibited a series of his paintings entitled "Search for the Purebloods," which consisted of 70 portraits of full-blooded members of Native American tribes. This series included a portrait of the Wilson's Quapaw mother-in-law. To prepare for this project, Wilson analyzed accounts by the explorer Henri de Tonti and conducted research at the University of Arkansas, the Smithsonian, and the Gilcrease Museum.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 87-13
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Photocopy of a newspaper article on the drawing, which was donated along with the collection, has been relocated to the National Anthropological Archives Reference Files.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery and Pierson Gallery in Tulsa, OK, hold prints and paintings by Wilson.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Body marking  Search this
Calumets  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Drawings
Citation:
Photo Lot 87-13, Photograph of Charles Banks Wilson's "Arkansea Indian (Quapaw) Circa 1700 with Calumets," National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.87-13
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3360bb7dd-7991-4e90-b73a-18902dcb918a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-13