Chea-clach, Head Chief of the Clallam
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (31.1 x 25.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.200
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"As I was desirous to coast round the Straits of De Fuca and visit the tribes on its shores, I employed Che-clach the head chief and four of his people to take me and the interpreter of the fort round the straits in his canoe...." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XV
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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