Artist:

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

Sitter:

Ju Ah Kis Gaw  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1835

Luce Center Label:

George Catlin described this work as “the portrait of a Chippeway woman . . . with her child in its crib or cradle . . . [the umbilicus] hanging before the child's face for its supernatural protector . . . This woman's dress was mostly made of civilized manufactures, but curiously decorated and ornamented according to Indian taste.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 51, 1841; reprint 1973)

Topic:

Figure group\family\mother and child  Search this

Dress\Indian dress  Search this

Indian\Ojibwa  Search this

Portrait female\full length  Search this

Object\furniture\cradle  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

1985.66.186

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c404d749-7251-46a0-a554-c22744b12275

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1985.66.186