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.

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Introduction

This is a watercolour portrait of Oronhyatekha, Burning Cloud, Mohawk chief, also known as Peter Martin. He studied at Oxford, was appointed medical attendant for Indian Reserves, and was a central figure in the Order of Foresters. The painting is by Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1860.

Nation of Maker: Mohawk
Nation of Origin

Oronhyatekha, the subject of the painting, was of the Mohawk nation.

Date Made or Date Range: 1860-09-8/11
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Library and Archives Canada record

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

Dimensions: 0 × 36.6 × 54.6 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

LAC record

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Mikan no. 2859733
Link to Institution's Collections Database: collectionscanada.gc.ca
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1986
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.

GKS Reference Number: 523
Approximate Place of Origin

45.8, -83.9

Source of Information about Places

Oronhyatekha was of the Mohawk nation,of the Great Lakes region.

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