oil painting
- Museum number
- Am2006,Ptg.8
- Title
- Object: Moses Keokuk
- Description
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Painting; portrait of Wunagisa, also known as Moses Keokuk, Jr; was principal Chief of the Sacs & Fox Nation; wearing headdress with feathers, ear-rings, necklaces, one made of bear claws, shirt and a decorated blanket wrap; holding a Pipe-tomahawk and fan made of feathers.
Oil on canvas
- Production date
- 1870-1875
- Dimensions
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Height: 92 centimetres (framed)
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Height: 86.50 centimetres (unframed)
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Width: 74.80 centimetres (framed)
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Width: 68.50 centimetres (unframed)
- Curator's comments
- There are sixteen paintings in this series transferred to the British Museum by the William Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. 1931. A photograph of Moses Keokuk is in the Pictorial Collection, reference Am-A21-5
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- in need of conservation
- Acquisition date
- 1931
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, Wiltshire.1931
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am2006,Ptg.8
- Additional IDs
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Asia painting number: Am2006-Ptg8-Shi
