Mancemuckt, Chief of the Skeen
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
DateJuly 8, 1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 5/8 × 4 inches (14.3 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.109
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text“The Indians who reside and congregate about the Chutes for the purpose of fishing, are called the Skeen tribe.” In Chapter XVI of his book, Kane said they were “a hardy, brave people, at this time particularly friendly to the Hudson’s Bay Company people.” They were also at peace with their Flathead neighbours. Kane made a portrait of their chief, who “wore a fox-skin cap and a leather deerskin shirt.” Another version of the Skeen name is Skinpah. Descendants of the Skinpah are enrollees in the Yakama and Warm Springs tribes.
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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