Chinook Traveling Lodge with View of Mount Hood
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Datec. 1846-1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 5/8 x 9 inches (14.3 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.100
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text“During the season the Chinooks are engaged in gathering camas and fishing, they live in lodges constructed by means of a few poles covered with mats made of rushes, which can be easily moved from place to place….” Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XII
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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