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Wá-hón-ga-shee, No Fool, a Great Fop
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Wá-hón-ga-shee, No Fool, a Great Fop

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1832 · oil on canvas

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“Meach-o-shin-gaw (the little white bear), Chesh-oo-hong-ha (the man of good sense), and Wa-hon-ga-shee (no fool), are portraits of distinguished Konzas [Kansas/Kaw], and all furnish striking instances of the bold and Roman outline.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 34, 1841; reprint 1973)

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Credit lineWá-hón-ga-shee, No Fool, a Great Fop. 1832. 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.
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