The image shows three individuals depicted from head to toe. The person on the left is standing upright with their arms crossed in front of their chest and their head slightly bowed. They have long dark hair tied back and wear a knee-length garment. The central figure is seated on what appears to be a rock, holding a spear vertically in their right hand. Their face is partially obscured, and they also have long dark hair. The person on the right stands upright, holding a spear in their right hand, with long dark hair adorned with feathers. This individual wears a garment covering the waist…
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Two Arapaho Warriors and a Woman

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 47 x 62.3 cm (18 1/2 x 24 1/2 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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