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Image source: The Walters Art Museum | CC0 1.0

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Date

1858-1860

Description

Red Elk, as In-ca-tash-a-pa's name was translated, was a distinguished Snake warrior. Miller has painted him with an ornamented bandeau set off by a rosette with feathers. Wampum beads encircle his neck, along with a kind of flat shell.
While not as detailed in terms of costume and decoration as Catlin's and Bodmer's Indian portraits, Miller's are more romantic in their conception and presentation. Both Bodmer and Catlin strove for accuracy in detail, while Miller was interested in showing the Indians as the noble savages in the wilderness.
(Released under the GNU Free Documentation License)
Medium: watercolor heightened with white on paper.
Credit line: Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1858-1860.

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CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image source: The Walters Art Museum

Location

Green River Valley Lakes, Wyoming, USA

Country

USA