George Catlin, Tul-lock-chísh-ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone, in Ball-player's Dress, 1834, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.299
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- Title
- Tul-lock-chísh-ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone, in Ball-player’s Dress
- 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 — Drinks the Juice of the Stone — full length
- Portrait male — Drinks the Juice of the Stone
- Indian — Choctaw
- Dress — Indian dress
- Object Number
- 1985.66.299
Artwork Description
“The most distinguished ball-player of the Choctaw nation, represented in his ball-play dress, with his ball-sticks in his hands. In every ball-play of these people, it is a rule of the play, that no man shall wear moccasins on his feet, or any other dress than his breech-cloth around his waist, with a beautiful bead belt, and a ‘tail,’ made of white horsehair or quills, and a ‘mane’ on the neck, of horsehair dyed of various colors.” George Catlin executed this work at Fort Gibson, Arkansas Territory, in 1834. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 49, 1841; reprint 1973)
