Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Osage, Ko-Ha-Tunka (The Big Crow)
No. 37 from the Duke of Portland's Album Unique
ArtistaGeorge Catlin(1796-1872)
Fecha1852
MedioPencil on paper
Dimensiones14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscripción(es)37 / Osage / Ko-ha-tunka (the Big Crow) a young Warrior, / in War Costume, with shield and quiver Slung, and tomahawk in his hand. / This tribe, like the Pawnees & Konzas, shave the / head, and ornament it with the red crest.
Línea de créditoCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.5
ClasificaciónDrawing
Procedenciato John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, sixth Duke of Portland, England (part of a larger album of 215 portraits); by descent in the family until 1953; (Christie's, London, England), March 23, 1953; to Charles Traylen, Guildord, England, 1953; (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY); (William Reese Company, New Haven, CT); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006
En exhibiciónNo
This artwork's face covers about 20× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.