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Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper
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Bear Hunt (K'nisteneux)
Object Number:
1872.23.147
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 )
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 147. / Bear Hunt. (K'nisteneux)"
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: two long haired Kristeneaux men with a spear and tomahawk fight two bears from horseback while the bears try to maul the horses
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.
