Smithsonian American Art Museum
Wá-hón-ga-shee, No Fool, a Great Fop
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1832
“Meach-o-shin-gaw (the little white bear), Chesh-oo-hong-ha (the man of good sense), and Wa-hon-ga-shee (no fool), are portraits of distinguished Konzas [Kansas/Kaw], and all furnish striking instances of the bold and Roman outline.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 34, 1841; reprint 1973)
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