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Ball-play Dance, Choctaw, George Catlin

Ball-play Dance, Choctaw

George Catlin (American) (1796-1872)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
1834–1835
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
49.7 × 70 cm
Collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Smithsonian American Art Museum, CC0

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