Ma-wo-ma ("Little Chief")

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Ma-wo-ma ("Little Chief")

Item ID number:

2833876

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1867.

Reference:

Box number: A-141-01, A-142-01

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2833876

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Alfred Jacob Miller fonds

Ma-wo-ma ("Little Chief")
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Date(s):

1867.

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Place of creation:

United States

Extent:

1 watercolour : watercolour, gouache, pen and coloured inks over pencil on wove paper
Support 29.600 x 24.600 cm

Language of material:

English

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Artist: Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874

Depicted: Ma-wó-ma, fl. 1867

Ma-wó-ma, fl. 1867
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General Note:

Set: "Water Colour Drawings of Indian Life by Alfred J. Miller" (Baltimore, 1867), no. 13. In 1837 A.J. Miller accompanied Sir William Drummond Stewart to the Rocky Mountains, and painted the scenery along the way and sketches of the natives he encountered. He later produced copies after original drawings and watercolours taken on the trip, including three sets of watercolours. This work is a part of one set of forty-one, which was donated to the Public Archives of Canada in 1946. Each work was laid down, matted and titled by the artist. They date from 1867.

Custodial history:

The set was purchased by Sir Alexander Hargreaves Brown, Liverpool, England; thence went to Mrs. J. B. Jardine, the donor, whose husband was Brigadier-General J. B. Jardine.

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Exhibitions note:

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Curators: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1946.11 - 1947.02., Exhibition title: A.J. Miller. Curators: Peale Museum, Baltimore, Maryland; 1950.01.08 - 1950.02.12., Curators: Rapid Grip and Batten Ltd.,; 1952.06.25 - 1952.07.27., Exhibition title: Alfred Jacob Miller Exhibition. Curators: Peter H. Hassrick, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas; 1972.01.27 - 1972.04.15., Exhibition title: A.J. Miller. Curators: Michael Bell, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario; 1973.12.06 - 1974.01.15., Exhibition title: Indians of the Plains, the Watercolours of A.J. Miller. Curators: Bruce B. Eldredge, Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdenburg, New York; 1983.06.03 - 1983.09.11. Further venue: Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York; 1983.09.26 - 1983.11.28., Exhibition Title: Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller. Curator: Lisa Strong, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas; 2008.09.20 - 2009.01.11 Further Venue: Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska; 2009.02.07 - 2009.05.10

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription, recto l.r.: AJ Miller. Pt. (AJM in monogram); mat l.l.: No. 13./Ma-wo-ma./"Little Chief."

Related material:

See: Archives Canada Microfiches Series: Microfiche 1, 1975-1976, Alfred Jacob Miller, c. 1976, Public Archvies of Canada.

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C-000413

Subject heading:
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Indian

Portraits

Walpapi Tribe of Snake Indians

Traditional clothing
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1946-120 PIC

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1946-120 PIC
00002
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[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access restricted: see art archivist for further information. Item available in colour microfiche format.

Box [1946-120] A-141-01

[Consultation 90 Open]

A-142-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1946-120] C-000413

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1946-120-2 Gift of Mrs. J.B. Jardine
Copyright: Expired

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