Mix-ke-móte-skin-na, Iron Horn, a Warrior
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mix-ke-móte-skin-na, Iron Horn, a Warrior

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1832

oil on canvas
Smithsonian American Art Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Smithsonian American Art Museum

George Catlin described Iron Horn, a warrior of the Blackfoot/Siksika tribe, as wearing “a splendid dress.” The artist executed this work at Fort Union in the upper Midwest in 1832. (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition)

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