Wa-Em-Boesh-Kaa (A Chippeway Chief)
Artist
Charles Bird King
(American, 1785 - 1862)
Daten.d.
Mediumwatercolor and lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions19 x 13 1/4 in. (48.3 x 33.7 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edgar L. Rossin, 1969
Object number2633.23G
DescriptionHead and shoulder portrait of Native American male smoking longpipe decorated w/feathers & ribbons. Red band painted acorss cheek bones and nose; he wears crown-type headdress with feathers. Silver wrist cuff, & heavy silver neck piece.On View
Not on view
circa 1859
