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Taos Indian Chief
Taos Indian Chief
Taos Indian Chief

Taos Indian Chief

Artist (born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1874; died Taos, New Mexico, 1960)
Datecirca 1915
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSight: 14 × 16 1/8 in. (35.6 × 41 cm)
Image Overall: 14 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (36.2 × 41.3 cm)
Frame: 22 7/8 × 24 15/16 × 2 1/2 in. (58.1 × 63.3 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineTacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
Object number2017.14.8
DescriptionHalf-view image of a Native American man in profile looking to the left wearing a full feather headdress. He is set against a backdrop of mountains along the horizon line and a sky in pastel tones.
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