Collection Highlights
Three Iroquois: Atotárho Protected by Black Snakes, Flanked by Deganawida Offering Wampum and Hiawatha
c. 1827
X.520[dup]
Watercolor, black and brown ink, and brown gouache over graphite on beige paper, laid on canvas
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Three Iroquois: Atotárho Protected by Black Snakes, Flanked by Deganawida Offering Wampum and Hiawatha
Title
Three Iroquois: Atotárho Protected by Black Snakes, Flanked by Deganawida Offering Wampum and Hiawatha
Date
c. 1827
Medium
Watercolor, black and brown ink, and brown gouache over graphite on beige paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 15 3/16 x 16 3/4 in. (38.6 x 42.5 cm)
Description
Iroquois folkart termed 'picture writing'
Credit Line
Gift of Lansing Thurber
Object Number
X.520[dup]
Marks
Inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No. 2."
Inscriptions
Inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No. 2."
Provenance
John Beechtree, Oneida Castle,N.Y., 1845; Lansing Thurber, Utica, N.Y., 1845-49
Bibliography
Related to Cusick's 1827 booklet: David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations (Tuscarora Village : Lewiston, Niagara, co. 1828, c1826; Lockport, N. Y. : Conley & Lathrop, printers)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
