Self-torture in a Sioux Religious Ceremony
1835-1837
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49.7 × 69.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-138487
George Catlin painted several images of Indian rituals involving self-torture, scenes that shocked viewers when he exhibited his Indian Gallery in London. Critics accused the artist of making up such horrendous scenes as this one of a man hanging from a pole with splints and skewers running through his flesh. Catlin insisted that he indeed witnessed this event, and reported that the man had “bloo…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1835-1837 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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