Graves on the Cowlitz River
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 3/8 x 9 inches (13.7 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.32
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"These canoes are always placed on wooden supports, suspended in the branches of trees, or placed upon islolated rocks in the river, to keep them beyond the reach of ravenous animals." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XIII
The burial customs of the Indians intrigued Kane, and he made several sketches of the ceremonial canoes placed on supports which were used as graves.
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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