Interior View of the Medicine Lodge, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony, George Catlin

Interior View of the Medicine Lodge, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony

George Catlin (American) (1796-1872)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1832
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 58.4 × 70.5 cm
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Smithsonian American Art Museum, CC0

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Interior Ceremony Rite Native American Man Figure Group Seated Reclining Skull Bone Horn Shield Weapon Fire Branch Foliage Plant Beam Pillar Timber frame Roof Bowl Spoon Light Darkness Chiaroscuro Dark background Mandan

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