Painted Buffalo Robe Recording Adventures of Sa-co
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Datec. 1848
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 3/8 x 9 inches (13.7 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.81
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextIn the Landscape Log Kane described this sketch as "A Buffalo robe with the war adventures of Sa-co - the Sinew Piece. A Blood Indian."
In Pictorial Sketches Kane described this painting as "A Buffalo robe with the war exploits of 'Saco the sinew piece,' one of the blood Indian tribe, painted on it. This is the only way the Indians have of transmitting histories of their achievements, and so well is this sort of Hieroglyphic understood that one of them will read it off without the least hesitation."
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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