Three individuals are depicted standing in a landscape setting. Each person has distinct facial features and feathered hair. The person on the left wears a long brown tunic and holds a bow and arrow. The middle person wears a feathered headdress, a poncho, and fur on one shoulder while holding a pipe and a pouch. The person on the right wears a light tunic with a red robe draped over their shoulders and a feathered headband. The background shows a sky with light clouds and an earthen ground. The scene is inside an oval frame with a border, suggesting it is part of a larger collection or…
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Two Weeah Warriors and a Woman

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 47.5 x 63.8 cm (18 11/16 x 25 1/8 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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