The image shows three full-body figures of Native American individuals. To the left stands a woman wrapped in a light-colored shawl, holding a small child on her back. The woman's hair is parted down the middle, and she wears a long turquoise dress and red shoes. In the center stands a man wearing a headdress with feathers, earrings, and several necklaces. He is dressed in a dark green outfit with decorative trim and red accents, and he holds a long rifle in his right hand. This man's face is adorned with red paint around his eyes. To the right, another man sits cross-legged on the ground,…
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Three Micmac Indians

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 45.8 x 61.6 cm (18 1/16 x 24 1/4 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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