Museum Collections
Luce Center
Foot War Party (Mandan)
Object Number:
1872.23.170
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. 170. / Foot war party. (Mandan)"
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: long haired men lounge in a circle and share a long pipe, weapons of war lay around them-spears, shields, quivers and tomahawks
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.




