Wigwam
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1845
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions9 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (24.4 x 29.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.178
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextKane described a material the Ojibwa used for their dwellings, in addition to birch bark. "They weave rushes into mats, called Apuckway.” They use “eight or ten poles tied together at the top, and stuck in the ground at the required circle of the tent.” Kane told how a hole was “left at the top to permit smoke to go out.”
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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