This painting shows four people standing by the edge of a body of water, with two of the people close to us and two farther away. They are all facing the left, towards the pale blue water that is framed by large gray rocks. In the pair closest to us, a person is standing with one leg forward, holding a large fish in both hands. They have long, dark hair, and they are wearing several earrings in their visible ear and a skirt made of thin strips of brown fringe or fibers with a colorful yellow-and-red belt. Hanging on their back is a child in cradle, swaddled in tan cloth decorated with…
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Flathead Indians

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 45.7 x 60.4 cm (18 x 23 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
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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