A Whellamay Girl ; a Cowitchen Woman

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Date1847

Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper

Dimensions5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.23

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionThe figure on the left is Lummi and the figure on the right is Cowichan.

Label TextEntries in Kane's Portait Log identifies the figure on the left as "A Whellamay girl" and the figure on the right as "A Cowitchen woman."

ProvenanceArtist; by descent to his grandson, Paul Kane III [1889-1958], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; purchased September 17, 1957 through (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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