Indians Spearing Salmon
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (14 x 24.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.84
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"After the expiration of one month, the Salmon Chief abandons his exclusive privilege, as the fish are gettin thin and poor, and allows all who wish it to take them. For this purpose some use smaller baskets made like the chief's; others use the spear, whit which they are very expert, and an ordinary spearman will take easily as many as 200 in a day...." Kane, Wanderings, 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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