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Waa-Kaun-See-Kaa or the Rattle-Snake, a Winnebago Chief

American Art

MEDIUM Lithograph with watercolor on paper
DATES issued November 1835
DIMENSIONS Sheet: 13 1/8 x 9 11/16 in. (33.3 x 24.6 cm)
SIGNATURE Engraved in lower right of image, "J. Barincou P.[illegible superscript]" and, below center of image, "Lehman & Duval Lith.rs"
INSCRIPTIONS Engraved below image, in center: "WAA-KAUN-SEE-KAA / or the / RATTLE-SNAKE / A Winnebago Chief. / Painted at the treaty of Prairie du Chien 1825 by J. O. Lewis."
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER X1042.147.11
CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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