The image shows three individuals standing in full length facing the viewer. On the left stands a woman with dark hair, wearing a brown fringed dress with red leggings. The middle figure, likely a man, wears a beaded garment and a headpiece with feathers. He holds a stick or staff. The figure on the right, also likely a man, wears a feathered headdress, a beaded necklace, and an arm band. He is bare-chested with a blue cloth covering his lower body, grey leggings, and holds a painted shield and a ceremonial club. The background features a softly painted horizon within an oval border.
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Athapasca Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1855/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 45.5 x 62 cm (17 15/16 x 24 7/16 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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