George Catlin, Jú-ah-kís-gaw, Woman With Her Child in a Cradle, 1835, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.186
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Jú-ah-kís-gaw, Woman With Her Child in a Cradle
- Artist
- Date
- 1835
- 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
- Figure group — family — mother and child
- Dress — Indian dress
- Indian — Ojibwa
- Portrait female — Ju Ah Kis Gaw — full length
- Object — furniture — cradle
- Object Number
- 1985.66.186
Artwork Description
George Catlin described this work as “the portrait of a Chippeway woman . . . with her child in its crib or cradle . . . [the umbilicus] hanging before the child's face for its supernatural protector . . . This woman's dress was mostly made of civilized manufactures, but curiously decorated and ornamented according to Indian taste.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 51, 1841; reprint 1973)
