Ha-wón-je-tah, One Horn, Head Chief of the Miniconjou Tribe
1832
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 73.7 × 60.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-138747
Among the first portraits George Catlin painted on his voyage up the Missouri River in 1832 were those of the Sioux encamped at Fort Pierre. Catlin described Ha-wón-je-tah as “A middle-aged man, of middling stature, with a noble countenance, and a figure almost equalling the Apollo, and I painted his portrait . . . He told me he took the name of ‘One Horn’ (or shell) from a simple small shell tha…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1832 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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