The image shows three individuals standing side by side in full-body view. The two on the left appear to be men with long dark hair, traditional body adornments, and colorful headdresses. One of them holds a bow and arrows. The individual on the right appears to be a woman with long braided hair, wearing necklaces and a patterned shawl. In the background is a structure resembling a traditional dwelling and figures beside it. The ground is grassy, and the background is cloudy on a brown and green canvas.
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Three Taruma Indians

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1854/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 46 x 59.7 cm (18 1/8 x 23 1/2 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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