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Date1847-1854
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (21.6 × 39.4 cm)
Object numberT0262
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Exhibition History"Art of This Land, National Gallery of Canada," Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 2, 2009 - January 4, 2011.
ProvenanceBelieved to have been given as a presentation piece to James Bruce, the 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, governor-general of Canada, during his residency 1847-1854; descended in the Elgin family to the 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, Dunfermline, Scotland
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.58.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 40.
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