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Sioux, Mah-To-Chee-Ga (The Little Bear)

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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Sioux, Mah-To-Chee-Ga (The Little Bear)
Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Sioux, Mah-To-Chee-Ga (The Little Bear)

Artist (1796 - 1872)
Date1852
MediumPencil on paper
Dimensionssheet: 14 × 10 1/2 in. (35.6 × 26.7 cm)
Framed: 22 1/8 x 18 9/16 x 1 1/8 in. (56.2 x 47.1 x 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.1
Accession number 2006.1
DescriptionNo. 21 from the Duke of Portland's "Album Unique"
On View
Not on view
Provenanceto John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, sixth Duke of Portland, England (part of a larger album of 215 portraits); by descent in the family until 1953; (Christie's, London, England), March 23, 1953; to Charles Traylen, Guildord, England, 1953; (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY); (William Reese Company, New Haven, CT); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006
Inscribedverso: 21 / Sioux / Mah-to-chee-ga (the Little Bear) a very famous / Warrior, wrapped in a beautiful Robe, his shield / on his back and his pipe tomahawk in his / hand.