The image shows three individuals and a baby. Two men stand side by side wearing animal hide leggings, with one holding a wooden staff. They have long dark hair and calm expressions. One man wears circular earrings and a necklace, and both have feathers in their hair. The woman, standing on the right, wears a white shawl over a blue skirt and a large nose ornament. She carries a swaddled baby on her back. The background shows an open landscape with grass and a cloudy blue sky. The scene is framed within an oval on a rectangular canvas with neutral-colored borders.
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Nayas Indian Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1855/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 47 x 61.8 cm (18 1/2 x 24 5/16 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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