King Comcomly's Burial Canoe
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches (13.6 x 23.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.85
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextThis sketch is identified by Kane's Landscape Log as "The grave of Com-comly at Astoria, Chief of the Chinooks." In Pictorial Sketches Kane wrote; "The grave of King Cumcumley (Chief of the Chinooks) at Astoria - His burial canoe was placed on a fallen pine tree of immense size, some 40 or 50 feet in circumference - some one took the opportunity of carrying off his skull greatly to the annoyance of the Indians, and I have understood that it is at present in the Edinburgh College of Physicians."
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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