Arkivism
Wah-chee-háhs-ka, Man Who Puts All Out of Doors
CC0 · no rights reserved

Wah-chee-háhs-ka, Man Who Puts All Out of Doors

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1835 · oil on canvas

From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Man Who Puts All Out of Doors was a member of the Winnebago tribe, and George Catlin described him as “the largest man of the tribe, with rattle-snakes' skins on his arms, and his war-club in his hand.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 52, 1841; reprint 1973)

Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own description
Subjects
Paintings
Credit lineWah-chee-háhs-ka, Man Who Puts All Out of Doors. 1835. George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.. CC0.

Similar works