Chaw-u-wit, Daughter of the Chief at Suck
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.8
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"Chaw-u-wit, the chief's daughter, allowed me to take her likeness. Whilst she was sitting a great many of the Indians surrounded us, causing her much annoyance, as their native bashfulness renders all squaws peculiarly sensitive to any public notice or ridicule. She was, perhaps, about the best-looking girl I had seen in the straits, which is certainly no very high compliment to the rest of the female population." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XV
Note: change - Daughter of the chief at Suck. Kane refers to her as the chief's daughter implying there was only one chief at Suck.
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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