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| Native name | Stu-mick-o-súcks |
Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, or Stu-mick-o-súcks (in the Blackfoot language), was a head war chief of the Blood Indians. He is remembered today for his portrait, painted by George Catlin in 1832, located at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.[1][2]
The painting appeared in the exhibit, Pictures from the New World at Schloss Charlottenburg in the Orangerie of Schloss Charlotenburg, Berlin, Germany, in 1989.[3]
References[]
- ↑ "Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe by George Catlin". Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=3949. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ "George Catlin / Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, head chief, Blood tribe / 1832". http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico269594-114406.html. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ↑ Kersten, Hans Ulrich. General Anzeiger. P. 29, from Smithsonian American Art Museum Catlin files, accessed Aug. 10, 2012
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