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Maker(s):Bowen, J.T. and Company; Greenough, F. W. (publisher)
Culture:American (Bowen, John T. 1801 - ca. 1856)
Title:Chono Ca Pe, an Ottoe Chief, from the History of the Indian Tribes of North Ameria
Date Made:1838
Type:Print
Materials:lithograph printed in black with hand coloring on paper
Place Made:United States
Measurements:sheet: 19 x 13 in.; 48.26 x 33.02 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1965.65.6
Credit Line:Bequest of Lydia Davis, class of 1909
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Frontal view of male wearing a red, black, and blue head dress, necklaces and earrings. Blue diagonal lines are painted on his forehead and underneath his eyes. Part of upper body is nude while the rest is covered by a white cloth wrap. Is holding a metal instrument with a triangular head and a wooden instrument painted with red vertical lines and what appears to be gold studs.

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