Artist:

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872  Search this

Sitter:

He Who Has Eyes Behind Him  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1832

Luce Center Label:

George Catlin may have painted Broken Arm, a member of the Plains Cree tribe, in St. Louis, at the same time the Light passed through the city on his way to Washington (see 1985.66.474). Broken Arm wears over his temples a pair of “hair pipes,” Bahamian conch shell ornaments distributed in the 1830s by white traders on the Upper Missouri. (Truettner, The Natural Man Observed, 1979)

Topic:

Indian  Search this

Indian\Cree  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Object number:

1985.66.176

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk732058ec2-15b6-4de5-bd28-b0394fb8fd41

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1985.66.176