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Peccothis or "The Man with a Lump on his Navel"
Peccothis or "The Man with a Lump on his Navel"
Peccothis or "The Man with a Lump on his Navel"

Peccothis or "The Man with a Lump on his Navel"

Artist (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1846
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions8 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (20.6 x 16.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.140
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"The Saulteaux are a band of the great Ojibbeway nation, both words signifying 'the Jumpers,' and derive the name from their expertness in leaping their canoes over the numerous rapids which occur in the rivers of their vacinity. I took a sketch of one of them, Peccothis, 'the Man with a Lump on his Navel.' He appeared delighted with it at first; but the others laughed so much at the likeness, and made so many jokes about it, that he became quite irritated, and insisted that I should destroy it, or, at least, not show it as long as I remained with the tribe." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter VI
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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