George Catlin, Ko-mán-i-kin, Big Wave, an Old and Distinguished Chief
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George Catlin

Ko-mán-i-kin, Big Wave, an Old and Distinguished Chief

1831

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
53.7 × 41.8 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-138751

“The Menomonies. Like the Winnebagoes, are the remnant of a much more numerous and independent tribe, but have been reduced and enervated by the use of whiskey and the ravages of the small-pox, and number at this time, something like three thousand, living chiefly on the banks of Fox River, and the Western shore of Green Bay. They visit Prairie du Chien, where their annuities are paid them; and t…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Registry history

  • 1831 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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