Päsesick-Kaskutäu, Assiniboine Man

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Päsesick-Kaskutäu, Assiniboine Man

Date

October 21, 1833

Dimensions

13 3/8 × 10 in. (34 × 25.4 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.256

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

This undated portrait carries no identifying inscription and was not reproduced as an aquatint or woodcut. However, the subject matches Maximilian's description of Päsesick-Kaskutäu ("Nothing But Gunpowder"), an Assiniboin of the Stone band painted at Fort Union in October of 1833. He wears a badger skin cap, what appears to be a coat tailored from buffalo hide, and mittens. Maximilian observed that the latter were rare among Indians. Well equipped for a hunting expedition or raid, he carries a gun, ramrod, powder horn, ammunition bag, and sheathed dagger.

References in Journal

October 21, 1833

Labels:

genre, portrait

Approximate Depicted Location:

Fort Union, North Dakota