This is a painting of a group of people clustered together and facing different directions. Many of them have their knees bent. The group stands on light green grass under a blue sky, and the composition is framed in an oval. Almost all of the people are bare chested, their tan skin decorated with horizontal lines of bright red paint. They wear orange and yellow belts and long, white-and-black feathers around their waist. Some wear pants that appear to have tassels or string attached to the sides, while others have bare legs decorated with more red paint. They wear long strands of necklaces…
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Dance to the Berdache - Saukie

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 47 x 63.2 cm (18 1/2 x 24 7/8 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
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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