A Slave of the Chasta Tribe
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1846-1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.57
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"Slavery is carried on to a great extent among [the Chinooks].... I took a sketch of a Chastay female slave, the lower part of whose face, from the corners of the mouth to the ears and downwards, was tattooed of a blueish colour." 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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