Amusing dance - Sioux

Catlin, George (1796-1872)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1857-1869
Height:
39.0 cm  (15 3/8 in.)
Width:
55.9 cm  (22 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on card mounted on paperboard

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Paul Mellon Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1965.16.17]

Description

Twelve men dancing, four of whom are shaking rattles, and one beating a frame drum. (oval picture). From the artist's own catalog: This dance was given in compliment to the author, by the venerable chiefs of a Sioux village, who had ceased dancing for many years.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Rattle [3036]
Frame drum [2598]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

149