Tam-at-a-pa ; I-eh-ash
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions8 15/16 x 5 3/8 inches (22.7 x 13.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.15
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextKane's Portrait Log identified the figure on the left as: "Tam-at-a-pa, a brother of the great Walla Walla Chief Peo-peo-mox-mox or the Yellow Serpent." The figure on the right is, according to the log "I-eh-ash, the foolish, a Champnapam, at the mouth of the Nezperce River. A small tribe, a branch of the Nezperces."
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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