Collection Highlights
Builder's Model of the U.S.S. "Monitor"
1862
1862.9
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Drawings
A Mandan Robe (Facsimile)
Title
A Mandan 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 a Mandan warrior's buffalo skin robe; a scene of a single battle involving mostly mounted warriors using spears, bows, and tomahawks as well as rifles or muskets
Credit Line
Purchased by the Society
Object Number
1872.23.204
Inscriptions
Inscribed at upper center in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 204. / A Mandan 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.
