Burning Cloud (Oronhyatekha), Chief of the Mohawks, at Toronto.
Burning Cloud (Oronhyatekha), Chief of the Mohawks, at Toronto.
Burning Cloud (Oronhyatekha), Chief of the Mohawks, at Toronto.
Images
Date Made or Date Range:
1860-09-8/11
Read More About This Relative
Materials
watercolour; pencil; opaque white on beige-grey wove paper.
Motifs and Patterns
This is a portrait of Oronhyatekha, Burning Cloud, who studied at Oxford, and was an early and very involved member of the Order of Foresters. He is wearing a feather headdress,bandolier, and sash, and carries a tomohawk.
Other Notes
set: Sir Henry Wentworth Acland Collection, Sketches in North America; Volume VI: Miscellaneous Sketches
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
LAC record
Provenance
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
Mikan no. 2859733
Exhibition History
This painting was in the exhibition A Place in History. Curators: Art Section, Documentary Art and Photography Division, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1990.10.31-1991.03.31.
Knowledge Sharing Platform
