Cáh-be-múb-bee, He Who Sits Everywhere, a Brave

George Catlin, Cáh-be-múb-bee, He Who Sits Everywhere, a Brave, 1835, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.187
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Artwork Details

Title
Cáh-be-múb-bee, He Who Sits Everywhere, a Brave
Date
1835
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
2924 in. (73.760.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Keywords
  • Indian — Ojibwa
  • Portrait male — He Who Sits Everywhere
Object Number
1985.66.187

Artwork Description

In 1835, after his visit to Oklahoma, George Catlin journeyed up the Mississippi by steamer from New Orleans to Fort Snelling in present-day Minnesota, bringing his wife, Clara, on a western “tour” for the first and only time. Tribes of the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes region, such as the Ojibwe/Chippewa shown here, had been increasingly pressured by European traders, war, and United States expansion since the eighteenth century. Well before Catlin’s arrival, the upper midwestern tribes had incorporated woven cloth and elaborate beadwork into their dresses.