George Catlin A Connibo Indian Family Art Print
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$10.99
An archival premium quality art print of A Connibo Family by George Catlin, completed sometime between 1854 and 1869. The painting shows a Connibo chief, his two wives, and his children. The oldest son wears feathers like his father and carries a lance; the daughter carries a jug on her head. Catlin recorded his own description on the back of the painting:
“Cónnibo. a. – a very handsome man, said to be the chief, and much celebrated; his ears are elongated and ornamented with brass rings, and his necklace of the shells of nuts. b. & c. – two Connibo women, wives of the chief. A tribe of 5,000, inhabiting the western banks of the Rio Yucayali and the vast pampas del Sacramento. 1853.”
Wild West Art Print #26.
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