Náw-káw, Wood, Former Chief of the Tribe
1828
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 47 × 35.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137077
Before George Catlin began his extensive travels in the West, he spent time in eastern cities, where he often saw visiting delegations of Native Americans and painted their portraits. Nine members of a Winnebago delegation from present-day Wisconsin sat for him in Washington, D.C., in 1828, and among them was former Winnebago chief Náw-káw, or Wood. Catlin wrote that “this man has been much disti…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1828 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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