Eagle dance - Choctaw

Catlin, George (1796-1872)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1860s
Height:
47.2 cm  (18 9/16 in.)
Width:
61.9 cm  (24 3/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on cardboard

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1965.16.132]

Description

Two men singing, one of them playing a frame drum, and four men dancing. --- From the artist's own catalog entry: An annual ceremony in honor to the war eagle. Each dancer carries a fan, made of the eagle’s tail, and ornaments his head with an eagle’s quill.

Iconclass

12R213
making music and dancing ~ American Indian religions

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Frame drum [2598]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4068