Collection Highlights
Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress
1807
1860.91
Charcoal with stumping, Cont
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Luce Center
Yellow Corn, a Mandan
Title
Yellow Corn, a Mandan
Date
1806-07
Medium
Charcoal with stumping, Cont
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 17 1/8 in. ( 58.4 x 43.5 cm )
Description
Portrait
Credit Line
Elizabeth DeMilt Fund
Object Number
1860.96
Marks
inscription: lower left, graphite: "Jeunne...indeaph"
inscription: left: "Indian girl of the Iowas of the Missisip[?]"
Inscriptions
Inscribed along left edge vertically in graphite: "Indian Girl of the Iowas of the Missouri"; at lower left: "Jeune indienne / des iowas du missoury"
Provenance
Artist's family; purchased from Elias Dexter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
