There are three figures depicted in the image. The figure on the left is a male standing upright, holding a rifle with one hand. His facial features show prominent cheekbones and a slightly open mouth. He wears a headdress with feathers, dark hair, a necklace, arm bands, and a fringed garment around his waist. The middle figure, with their back to the viewer, is wrapped in a fur clothing piece and appears to wear a feathered headdress. The figure on the right is a female with long dark hair, wearing a pink shawl over a light dress with patterns. She carries an infant on her back in a woven…
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Arapaho Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 47.2 x 62.9 cm (18 9/16 x 24 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Paul Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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