Sha-Co-Pay, The Six, Ojibwa Chief, by George Catlin
Sha-Co-Pay, The Six, Native American Ojibwa Chief, by George Catlin, oil on canvas. This work was painted at Fort Union of the American Fur Company on the Upper Missouri River. Sha-Co-Pay's costume is elaborately decorated with colourful beadwork, worked onto the leather fabric, and into the seams. He wears a beaded choker neckband and strands of beads worn over his head. There are eagle feathers in his hair and face paint over his cheeks and nose
Picture No
13125581
Media ID
45375309
Size
1472px x 1800px
(712KB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
Date
1832
