Chimaza or "The Little Slave"
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1846
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions7 x 4 15/16 inches (17.8 x 12.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.132
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"I took a sketch of Chimaza, the 'Little Slave,' a Chippewayeen Indian. He was the only one of that tribe I ever saw, as they live far north of Fort Pitt on the Athabasca Lake; his prowess and dexterity in hunting won him a degree of notoriety amongst the traders. He had, when I saw him, upwards of a hundred moose skins, besides furs to a considerable amount, which he had brought to the fort to trade with." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter IX
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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