Tchong-tas-sáb-bee, Black Dog, Second Chief

A standing man in a pale blanket with a dark blue-gray band wears a red-tipped feathered headdress, necklace and pendant, and holds a tomahawk and a feathered staff. He gazes upward against a soft blue and gray cloudy sky over open, sandy ground, painted in oil on canvas.

Artist

George Catlin

Date

1834

Medium

oil on canvas

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

1856 × 2240 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum