ID
3274
Nationality
American
Native American (Crow)
Occupation
Tribal chief
Summary
Was painted by deaf artist Joseph Henry Sharp (q.v.) about 1904-1906. He appears to have communicated with the artist in a mixture of American Sign Language and Plains Indian Sign Language. The chief's portrait hangs today in the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art in Tulsa, OK.
References
Deaf Artists in America, p.78.
Dates
fl. 1905