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A Babine Woman
A Babine Woman
A Babine Woman

A Babine Woman

Artist (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions11 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (29.5 x 22.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.209
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"The next tribe lying north of these on the continent are calle by the voyageurs 'Babines," or Big-lips, from the fact of the females having their under lips enlarge by the insertion of a piece of wood." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XV
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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