The image shows three individuals in full-length depiction against a softly colored background. On the left, a man stands with a relaxed posture, his left hand holding a long pipe and his right hand holding a small fur. His facial expression is calm, and he has long brown hair adorned with feathers. He is dressed in a skin garment, and his limbs are marked with patterns. In the center, another man stands in a similar relaxed position, holding a long spear vertically. He wears a feathered headdress, dark hair cascades down his shoulders, and sports patterned skin garments, fur, and a sash…
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Two Ojibbeway Warriors and a Woman

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 46.8 x 62.8 cm (18 7/16 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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