Mun-ne-pús-kee, He Who Is Not Afraid; Ko-ha-túnk‑a, Big Crow; and Nah-cóm-ee-shee, Man of the Bed, Three Young Warriors

George Catlin, Mun-ne-pús-kee, He Who Is Not Afraid; Ko-ha-túnk-a, Big Crow; and Nah-cóm-ee-shee, Man of the Bed, Three Young Warriors, 1834, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.34-36
Copied George Catlin, Mun-ne-pús-kee, He Who Is Not Afraid; Ko-ha-túnk-a, Big Crow; and Nah-cóm-ee-shee, Man of the Bed, Three Young Warriors, 1834, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.34-36
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Artwork Details

Title
Mun-ne-pús-kee, He Who Is Not Afraid; Ko-ha-túnk‑a, Big Crow; and Nah-cóm-ee-shee, Man of the Bed, Three Young Warriors
Artist
Date
1834
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — He Who Is Not Afraid
  • Indian — Osage
  • Portrait male — Big Crow
  • Portrait male — Man of the Bed
Object Number
1985.66.34-36
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.34-36

Artwork Description

“These portraits set forth fairly the modes of dress and ornaments of the young men of the tribe, from the tops of their heads to the soles of their feet. The only dress they wear in warm weather is the breech-cloth, leggings, and moccasins of dressed skins, and garters worn immediately below the knee, ornamented profusely with beads and wampum. These three distinguished and ambitious young men were of the best families in the Osage Nation; and as they explained to me, having formed a peculiar attachment to each other---they desired me to paint them all on one canvas, in which wish I indulged them.” George Catlin painted this work at Fort Gibson (in present-day Oklahoma) in 1834. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 38, 1841; reprint 1973)