Ask-a-weelish and See-Pays
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 3/8 x 9 inches (13.6 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.79
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextThe figure on the left is identified in the Portrait Log as Cish-a-wee-lish; the figure on the right is See-pays, the Salmon Chief at Colville. Concerning See-pays, "No one is allowed to catch fish without his permission. His large fishing basket or trap is put down a month before anyone is allowed to fish for themselves.... The chief distributes the fish thus taken during the season amongst his people, everyone, even to the smallest child, getting an equal share." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XX
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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