Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Drawings
An Omaha Robe (Facsimile)
Title
An Omaha Robe (Facsimile)
Date
1866-68
Medium
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: Catlin's reproduction of the markings on an Omaha buffalo skin robe; a scene of contact with Euro-Americans and a drunken revelry that followed: drunk warriors sprawl on the ground around an empty whiskey keg, unconscious, vomiting or raising cups while four men in Euro-American costume chase fleeing women and gather weapons from the inside wigwams
Credit Line
Purchased by the Society
Object Number
1872.23.203
Inscriptions
Inscribed at upper center in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 158. / An Omaha Robe. (fac-simile)"
Provenance
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
