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Young Chief, Cayuse Indian

Olin Levi Warner

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A circular, dark gray metal medallion with a raised relief portrait of a man with long hair on the right side. The man is shown from the shoulders up. His hair is parted down the middle and falls to his shoulders. He has a slight mustache. The right side of the medallion reads vertically: "YOUNG CHIEF 1903 CAYUSE INDIAN". There are raised decorative elements on the left side. The background behind the medallion is blue-gray.

Artwork Details

Date
1891; cast 1906
Medium
Bronze
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 606 px
Public Domain
Yes
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