Wichita Lodge, Thatched with Prairie Grass

George Catlin, Wichita Lodge, Thatched with Prairie Grass, 1834-1835, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.492
Copied George Catlin, Wichita Lodge, Thatched with Prairie Grass, 1834-1835, oil on canvas, 24 x 29 in. (60.9 x 73.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.492
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Artwork Details

Title
Wichita Lodge, Thatched with Prairie Grass
Artist
Date
1834-1835
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
24 x 29 in. (60.9 x 73.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Indian
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — hut
Object Number
1985.66.492
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.492

Artwork Description

George Catlin carefullt noted the communities he found while accompanying a military expedition into Indian Territory in today’s Oklahoma. “We found here a very numerous village, containing some five or six hundred wigwams, all made of long prairie grass, thatched over poles which are fastened in the ground and bent in at the top.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 43, 1841; reprint 1973)