Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dog Feast (Sioux)
Object Number:
1872.23.177
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 177. / Dog Feast. (Sioux)"
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: a rare celebration performed for Catlin and the three other men in Euro-American dress who sit in the background; men sit in a circle inside the shelter of a large three-peaked open-sided wigwam, iron pots and crockery bowls are arranged in lines around a central flag pole hung with a banner and two long crossed pipes.
Gallery Label:
Feast given by the chiefs at Little Missouri in 1832 to Catlin, John F. A. Sanford, the indian agent, Pierre Chouteau, and Kenneth McKenzie
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
