Penciled on dust cover: "Chief Spotted Eagle, Blk’ft 1902-5." On paper attached to dust cover: "Chief Spotted Eagle-Blk’ft-1902-5 Indian tribes had many chiefs-sub-chiefs / + ets [sic] like U.S.Army. From Generals on down."
Walter McClintock, the photographer, described Spotted Eagle as "a noted medicine man, who made a specialty of the Sun-dance ceremonial." (Grafe, 2009, 133)
Spotted Eagle, Blackfoot; [Chief Spotted Eagle]
Alternate Title:
Spotted Eagle, Blackfoot
Record ID: 358
Date: ca. 1902-1905
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.
Signature / Inscription: LL: J.H.SHARP.
Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Accession Number: 0137.416
Provenance:
The artist; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation; present owner by gift, 1955