The image shows three individuals standing in a line. The person on the left has long dark hair, wears a light-colored, fringed garment with bead embellishments, and holds a feathered fan. The middle figure wears an elaborate headdress with feathers, a fringed garment with bead patterns, and holds a staff or spear adorned with feathers. The individual on the right has long dark hair, wears a fringed garment with beadwork, holds a wooden pipe, and carries a fringed, beaded bag. The background has a light-colored gradient, with the figures standing on grass, framed by a border with the number…
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Omaha Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 45.1 x 60 cm (17 3/4 x 23 5/8 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
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art