Photography by Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Shaumonekusse, Oto Half Chief (Husband of Eagle of Delight)
Oto leader Shaumonekusse wears a bisonhorn headdress and bear-claw necklace, indicating his skill as a hunter. He also wears a presidential “peace medal”—a calculated diplomatic gift from United States government officials who wanted to increase white settlement on tribal lands.
ArtistCharles Bird King, 1785–1862
Dateca. 1822
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions23 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 2 in.
Signedverso, on panel: Ottoe Half Chief / Husband of Eagle of Delight / by C.B. King / no. 2
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.87
ClassificationPainting
Provenance(James Graham & Sons, New York, NY); Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge [1882-1973], Madison, NJ; to Estate of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, 1973; to (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY), October 31, 1975, lot 65 (as Shamuonekusse, "Prairie Wolf," An Oto Chief); (Schweitzer Gallery, New York, NY); (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY); to Pierre Bergé [b. 1930], Pierre Hotel, New York, NY, 1978; to (Sotheby's, New York, NY) December 1, 2004, lot 137; purchased by a private foundation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2004
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 65× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.