Medicine Pipe Stem Dance
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1848
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions9 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches (24.8 x 31.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.148
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"As they were expecting to have a fight with the Crees next day, they got up a medicine dance in the afternoon, and I was solemnly invited to attend, that I might add my magical powers in increasing its efficacy amongst all the tribes here assembled, the sacredness of the medicine pipe-stem is held in very high estimation, and it was with much solemnity that I was placed in the best position, to work my incarnations; that is to say, to make the sketch." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XXIV
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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