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Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Portrait of an Indigenous Man
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Portrait of an Indigenous Man

Artist Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1825-1850
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 74 x 36 in. (188 x 91.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number78.633.10
Not on view
DescriptionOil on canvas painting of an Indian chieftain, said to be of the Chippewa Tribe of the Great Lakes region (per Mr. George Teraski, 866 Broadway, New York, NY, who is an expert on Indians).