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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)
ClassificationsDrawing
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.