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Young Chief
Young Chief
Young Chief

Young Chief

Artist (born Canandaigua, New York, 1814; died Detroit, Michigan, 1872)
Date1868
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage Overall: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Frame: 27 9/16 × 23 7/16 × 1 3/8 in. (70 × 59.5 × 3.5 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineTacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
Object number2014.6.128
DescriptionImage of a Native American boy in a feathered headdress, beaded bucksin clothing and a large necklace sitting on the edge of a cliff looking out over the landscape. The boy faces to the left of the image.
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