Siksika Backfeet Man

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Siksika Backfeet Man

Date

September 4, 1833

Dimensions

12 1/2 × 9 7/8 in. (31.8 × 25.1 cm)

Medium

Wash and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.300

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

An inscription on this sketch, dated September 4 identifies the subject as the leader of a Siksika war party. His facial features resemble those of Ihkas-kinne, the Siksika chief pictured in Image 1986.49.285, but he could also be one of the many other Blackfeet men who besieged the inhabitants of Fort McKenzie that day with requests for goods and gifts.

References in Journal

September 4, 1833

Labels:

genre, portrait

Approximate Depicted Location:

Fort McKenzie, Montana