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Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook
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Chief of King Island, Eskimo, Alaska
20th century20th century
411 x 314 mm (16.2 x 12.4 in.)
William Langdon Kihn, American, (1898–1957)
Object Type:
drawing
Medium and Support:
Crayon drawing on wove drawing paper
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “W. LANGDON KIHN”; inscribed in pencil, lower left: “Chief of King Island, Eskimo, Alaska”; inscribed in ink on verso of original mount: “Chief of King Island Eskimo, Alaska”
Bibliography:
The Edward Lyman Bill Collection of Indian Portraits and Landscapes of the Western United States by W. Langdon Kihn [catalog for exhibition June 20 – July 6, 1957] (Old Lyme, CT: Florence Griswold House, 1957), cat. no. 31.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Bill family, 1959
Accession Number:
1959.46.31
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- Alaska - TGN 7006450
- Native Alaskans
- Northwestern United States - TGN 4011498 (general region): Typically refers to the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. It may also include some of northern California.
- portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness; for representations of fictional or mythological characters, use "figures (representations)." [March 1993 lead-in term added. April 1991 descriptor m
Dimensions
- sheet Dimensions: 411 x 314 mm (16.2 x 12.4 in.)
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Credit Caption
William Langdon Kihn, American, (1898–1957) . Chief of King Island, Eskimo, Alaska, 20th century. Crayon drawing on wove drawing paper. sheet : 411 x 314 mm (16.2 x 12.4 in.). DAC accession number 1959.46.31. Gift of the Bill family, 1959. (photo: M. Cook) .