Museum Collections
Luce Center
Nayas (Child, Woman, and Man)
Object Number:
1872.23.96
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 96. / Nayas"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "163 161 162"
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: an elderly chief with a pipe and rifle or musket, with his grandchildren, a woman and a boy; all the adults have lip modifications with ornamental lip plates or spools inserted.
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.