George Catlin, Eagle Dance, 1845-1848, oil on canvas, 26 1⁄8 x 32 5⁄8 in. (66.4 x 82.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.386,440
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Eagle Dance
- Artist
- Date
- 1845-1848
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 26 1⁄8 x 32 5⁄8 in. (66.4 x 82.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Architecture Exterior — domestic — teepee
- Indian — Iowa
- Indian — Sauk and Fox
- Ceremony — Indian
- Ceremony — dance — Eagle Dance
- Western
- Object Number
- 1985.66.386,440
Artwork Description
“THE CHOCTAWS. Of fifteen thousand, are another tribe, removed from the Northern parts of Alabama, and Mississippi, within the few years past, and now occupying a large and rich tract of country, South of the Arkansas and the Canadian rivers; adjoining to the country of the Creeks and the Cherokees, equally civilized, and living much in the same manner . . . The Eagle Dance, a very pretty scene, which is got up by their young men, in honour of that bird, for which they seem to have a religious regard.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 49, 1841; reprint 1973)
