Medicine Man with Mask from Strait of Juan de Fuca
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions7 3/4 x 5 11/16 inches (19.7 x 14.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.204
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"These Indians have a great dance, which is called 'The Medicine Mask Dance;' this is performed both before and after any important action of the tribe, such as fishing, gathering camas, or going on a war party, either for the purpose of gaining the goodwill of the Great Spirit in their undertaking, or else in honor of him for the success which has attended them." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XIV
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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