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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Pun-Cah, Shoo-De-Gha-Cha (Smoke)
Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Pun-Cah, Shoo-De-Gha-Cha (Smoke)

Artist (1796 - 1872)
Date1852
MediumPencil on paper
Dimensionssheet size: 14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.6 x 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)
ClassificationsHigh-Value Book
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.3
Accession number 2006.3
DescriptionNo. 91 from the Duke of Portland's "Album Unique"
On View
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
Inscribed91 / Pun-cah/Shoo-depgha-cha (Smoke) chief of the tribe / a remarkably dignified and philanthropic man, wrapped in his Buffalo Robe, and holding / his lance in hand. / A small tribe, of 2,000 one the W- / bank of the Missouri, lat. n. 43o.