Sigennok or "The Blackbird"
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1845
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions10 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches (27.6 x 21 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.164
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"The principal chief here [Manetouawning] is Sigennok; he is an acute and intelligent Indian; he is appointed to distribute to his tribe their due share of the presents annually consigned to them. He receives a salary from the British Government as interpreter." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter I
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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