Osage, Ko-Ha-Tunka (The Big Crow)

Artist George Catlin (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, 2006.5

Accession number 2006.5

DescriptionNo. 37 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
Inscribed37 / Osage / Ko-ha-tunka (the Big Crow) a young Warrior, / in War Costume, with shield and quiver Slung, and tomahawk in his hand. / This tribe, like the Pawnees & Konzas, shave the / head, and ornament it with the red crest.