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| Né-hee-ó-ee-wóo-tis, Wolf on the Hill, Chief of the Tribe |
Cheyenne chief Wolf on the Hill, George Catlin explained, “was clothed in a handsome dress of deer skins, very neatly garnished with broad bands of porcupine quill-work down the sleeves of his shirt and his leggings, and all the way fringed with scalp-locks. His hair was very profuse, and flowing over his shoulders; and in his hand, he held a beautiful Sioux pipe, which had just been presented to him by Mr. M’Kenzie, the Trader. This was one of the finest looking and most dignified men that I have met in the Indian country, and from the account given of him by the Traders a man of honor and strictest integrity.” Catlin painted this work at Fort Pierre (in present-day South Dakota) in 1832. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 32, 1841; reprint 1973)
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Title: Né-hee-ó-ee-wóo-tis, Wolf on the Hill, Chief of the Tribe
Creator: George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872
Date created: 1832
Physical Dimensions: 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm)
Subject Keywords: Ethnicity, Men, Portraits
Original Source: See this work of art on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website
Medium: oil on canvas
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